Seeking information on new mac mini energy consumption -

Hi,
I live off-grid and my energy comes from a solar system. I am interested in assembling a relatively high a performance workstation that consumes the least power possible. I would like to run a 27" monitor, an external hard drive and some kind of computer. I am wondering if a mac mini with a viewsonic LED monitor and a micro external hard drive might be the ticket.
Does anyone here know what the typical energy consumption for a 2011 mac mini is? I am not looking for idle or max power consumption but an average. What about mac monitors like the new 27 inch. I see it consumes a max of 250 watts when charging a laptop but what does it consume when the speakers are not connected and the monitor is hooked to a mac mini?
How does a mac mini + external monitor compare to a macbook pro + an external monitor for energy consumption?
Thanks,
bob

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The new Mac Mini is advertised as energy efficient and consumes only 13 watts during "idle". How about the "in use" power consumption?

110 watts is the maximum in-use power consumption under full CPU load, yes. Exactly how much your system will be using at any given moment is impossible to predict, but it won't be more than that figure for a stock Mac mini.
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Process:               iPhoto [828]
Path:                  /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:            com.apple.iPhoto
Version:               ???
Build Info:            iPhotoProject-910029000000000~1
App Item ID:           408981381
App External ID:       729712666
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           iPhoto [828]
User ID:               501
Date/Time:             2014-10-25 15:12:47.393 -0700
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.10 (14A389)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        2C6F20BE-7212-5D65-8BD7-D2A602BFE128
Time Awake Since Boot: 1600 seconds
Crashed Thread:        0
Exception Type:        EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
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Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/NyxAudioAnalysis.framework/Versions/A/NyxAudioAnalysis
Referenced from: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Frameworks/iLifeSlideshow.framework/Versions/ A/iLifeSlideshow
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    0x7fff8c414000 -     0x7fff8c4e6ff7 com.apple.PubSub (1.0.5 - 65.39) <9A915B29-496B-3653-B450-EB1B6EF2BBD7> /System/Library/Frameworks/PubSub.framework/Versions/A/PubSub
    0x7fff8c4e7000 -     0x7fff8c542fff com.apple.QuickLookFramework (5.0 - 675) <D71CD23B-643B-341B-A890-57FE099B36C7> /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Versions/A/QuickLook
    0x7fff8c543000 -     0x7fff8c544ff7 libsystem_blocks.dylib (65) <9615D10A-FCA7-3BE4-AA1A-1B195DACE1A1> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_blocks.dylib
    0x7fff8c545000 -     0x7fff8c7bffff com.apple.CoreData (110 - 526) <AEEDAF00-D38F-3A15-B3C9-73732940CC55> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreData.framework/Versions/A/CoreData
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Learn about using Lion Recovery or the built-in OS X Lion recovery partition rather than OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive with computers released after OS X Lion.
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MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011), MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011), MacBook Air (Mid 2011), Mac mini (Mid 2011)
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