Solar power in Nevada
Solar power in Nevada has been growing, due to a Renewable Portfolio Standard which requires 20% renewable energy by 2015, and 5% from solar power.[1] Nevada, at the end of 2007, became home to then-largest photovoltaic power plant in the world, the 14.2 megawatt (peak) Nellis Solar Power Plant, which, by selling the renewable energy credits (RECs), was able to provide Nellis Air Force Base with electricity for only 2.2 cents/kWh, compared to the 9 cents they are paying Nevada Power.[2] Since then many larger solar power stations have been built in Nevada, with more proposed.
Nevada has vast deserts, and is capable of providing a great amount of solar power. The Nellis power plant only occupies 140 acres (57 ha) of land.
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Solar Power Plants
Notable solar power plants in Nevada include the Nellis and Nellis II photovoltaic solar power plants at Nellis Air Force Base; the 64 MW, 400 acre concentrating solar thermal power plant Nevada Solar One, which began operation in 2007; and the proposed 100 MW Playa Solar 2 project. The 100 MW Playa Solar 2 project is a photovoltaic power station proposed by First Solar with a 20-year power purchase agreement with NV Energy for $0.0378 per kilowatt-hour. This is lower than the lowest price available in the previous year of $0.046[3] (from the 100 MW Boulder Solar plant).
See the list of power stations in Nevada, which includes solar power plants in Nevada, as well as generation facilities based on other sources.
Solar Related Businesses in Nevada
Prominent Nevada-based solar installation companies include Summerlin Energy, Bombard Renewable Energy, and Hamilton Solar.[4]
Nevada has many private installations of rooftop solar. Net energy metering and lawmaking is controversial in Nevada.[5][6][7]
Statistics
| Nevada Grid-Connected PV Capacity (MW)[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Capacity | Installed | % Change | |||||||||
| 2007 | 18.8 | 15.9 | 548% | |||||||||
| 2008 | 34.2 | 14.9 | 82% | |||||||||
| 2009 | 36.4 | 2.5 | 6% | |||||||||
| 2010 | 104.7 | 68.3 | 188% | |||||||||
| 2011 | 124.1 | 19.4 | 19% | |||||||||
| 2012 | 349.7 | 225.6 | 182% | |||||||||
| 2013 | 424.0 | 74.3 | 21% | |||||||||
| 2014 | 823 | 399 | 94% | |||||||||
| 2015 | 1,240 | 417 | 51% | |||||||||
Nevada solar electric generation:[16][17][18][19]
| Year | Generation (GWh) |
Generation (% of NV total) |
Generation (% of US Solar) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 217 | 0.6% | 17.9% |
| 2011 | 290 | 0.9% | 16% |
| 2012 | 473 | 1.3% | 10.9% |
| 2013 | 749 | 2.1% | 8.2% |
| 2014 | 1,028 | 2.8% | 5.6% |
| 2015 | 1,695 | 4.3% | 6.4% |
Beginning with the 2014 data year, Energy Information Administration will estimate distributed solar photovoltaic generation and distributed solar photovoltaic capacity. [22]These non-utility scale estimates project that, in 2014 Nevada, generated [23] a further 86 GWh and in 2015 an additional 160 GWh of solar electricity from such distributed PV systems.
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References
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- ↑ "Electric Power Monthly" [1] retrieved 2016-3-10
- ↑ "Electric Power Monthly" [2] retrieved 2016-3-10
- ↑ "Electric Power Monthly 3/15"[3] retrieved 2015-5-30
- ↑ “Electric Power Annual”[4] retrieved 2016 3 12
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