Solar power in Alaska
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] Rooftop solar panels could provide 23% of all electricity used in Alaska.[5] Net metering is available for PV systems up to 25 kW but is limited to 1.5% of average demand.[6] IREC best practices, based on experience, recommends no limits to net metering, individual or aggregate, and perpetual roll over of kWh credits.[7]
In 2011, Alaska's largest solar array was the 17.28 kW array installed on a building in Anchorage.[8][9] A 12 kW solar array installed in Lime Village in July 2001 helped reduce electricity costs.[10][11]
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
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| Alaska Grid-Connected PV Capacity (MWp)[13][14][15][16][17] | ||||||||||||
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| 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
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Alaska also is a photovoltaic solar silver supplier state. Alaska Range Solar is struggling to develop an Alaskan solar industry to meet many of the Arctic challenges where a strength of light, not temperature, is of importance.
References
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- ↑ Renewable Energy in Alaska
- ↑ Nenana Teen Center
- ↑ Do Solar Panels Work in Alaska?
- ↑ Tiny Alaskan Village May Set Solar Pace for Remote Areas
- ↑ Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation
- ↑ Alaska - Net Metering
- ↑ Net Metering and Interconnection Procedures Incorporating Best Practices
- ↑ Solar Panels Light Up Downtown Building
- ↑ Anchorage Solar Building
- ↑ View from the Field – Solar in Alaska
- ↑ Hybrid generator cuts Lime Village energy costs
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