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.
- ^ 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