Solar power in Alaska has been primarily used in remote locations,[1] such as the Nenana Teen Center[2] near Fairbanks, where long summer days provide most of the electricity generated.[3][4] In 2015, Alaska ranked 45th in installed solar among U.S. states.[5] Rooftop solar panels could provide 23% of all electricity used in Alaska.[6] Net metering is available for PV systems up to 25 kW but is limited to 1.5% of average demand.[7] IREC best practices, based on experience, recommends no limits to net metering, individual or aggregate, and perpetual roll over of kWh credits.[8]
In 2011, Alaska's largest solar array was the 17.28 kW array installed on a building in Anchorage.[9][10] A 12 kW solar array installed in Lime Village in July 2001 helped reduce electricity costs.[11][12]
Annual insolation and thus power production per capacity installed in Alaska is similar to central Europe, where Germany became a leader in worldwide solar power use in the years around 2010.
Statistics[edit]
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| Grid-Connected PV Capacity (MWp)[14][15][16][17][18] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Capacity | Change | % Change | |||||||||
| 2010 | <0.1 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | <0.1 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | <0.1 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 0.2 | 0.2 | >100% | |||||||||
| 2014 | 0.39 | 0.21 | 20% | |||||||||
| 2015 | 0.72 | 0.33 | 85% | |||||||||
| 2016 | 0.95 | 0.23 | 32% | |||||||||
| 2017 | 1.75 | 0.8 | 84% | |||||||||
| 2018 | 2.78 | 1.23 | 70% | |||||||||
| 2019 | 7.78 | 5 | 180% | |||||||||
| 2020 | 12.1 | 4.32 | 56% | |||||||||
| 2021 | 15.4 | 3.3 | 27% | |||||||||
| 2022 | 18 | 2.6 | % | |||||||||
See also[edit]
- List of power stations in Alaska
- Wind power in Alaska
- Solar power in the United States
- Renewable energy in the United States
References[edit]
- ^ Renewable Energy in Alaska
- ^ Nenana Teen Center
- ^ Do Solar Panels Work in Alaska? Archived 2012-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tiny Alaskan Village May Set Solar Pace for Remote Areas
- ^ Alaska, SEIA, accessed June 4, 2016
- ^ Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation
- ^ Alaska - Net Metering Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Net Metering and Interconnection Procedures Incorporating Best Practices
- ^ Solar Panels Light Up Downtown Building Archived 2012-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Anchorage Solar Building
- ^ View from the Field – Solar in Alaska Archived 2013-02-03 at archive.today
- ^ Hybrid generator cuts Lime Village energy costs
- ^ "PV Watts". NREL. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ^ Sherwood, Larry (August 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2011" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
- ^ Sherwood, Larry (June 2011). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2010" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2011-06-29.
- ^ Sherwood, Larry (July 2009). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2008" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
- ^ Sherwood, Larry (July 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2012" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- ^ Alaska Solar
