Solar power in Alaska

Solar panels in Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge

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 is similar in Alaska to central Europe, where Germany became a leader in worldwide solar power use in the years around 2010.

Statistics

Source: NREL[13]
Alaska 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
2014 0.39 0.21 20%
2015 0.72 0.33 85%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Renewable Energy in Alaska
  2. ↑ Nenana Teen Center
  3. ↑ Do Solar Panels Work in Alaska?
  4. ↑ Tiny Alaskan Village May Set Solar Pace for Remote Areas
  5. ↑ Alaska, SEIA, accessed June 4, 2016
  6. ↑ Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation
  7. ↑ Alaska - Net Metering
  8. ↑ Net Metering and Interconnection Procedures Incorporating Best Practices
  9. ↑ Solar Panels Light Up Downtown Building
  10. ↑ Anchorage Solar Building
  11. ↑ View from the Field – Solar in Alaska
  12. ↑ Hybrid generator cuts Lime Village energy costs
  13. ↑ "PV Watts". NREL. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  14. ↑ Sherwood, Larry (August 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2011" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  15. ↑ Sherwood, Larry (June 2011). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2010" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  16. ↑ Sherwood, Larry (July 2009). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2008" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  17. ↑ Sherwood, Larry (July 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2012" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  18. ↑ Alaska Solar
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