Solar power in Colorado

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Solar power in Colorado has grown rapidly, partly because of one of the most favorable net metering laws in the country, with no limit on the number of users. Colorado was the first state where Dow introduced their solar shingles.[1] General Electric is planning on building a solar panel plant in Aurora, Colorado, to produce 400 MW of thin film CdTe panels each year,[2] but has delayed construction for at least 18 months with the drop in worldwide photovoltaics prices.[3]

The largest solar installation company in the state is E Light Wind and Solar, followed by Quanta Power Generation and juwi solar.[4]

Solar farms

  • Hooper solar farm, 50MW, completed December 2015[5]
  • San Luis Valley Solar Ranch 30 MW completed December 2011 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Greater Sandhill Solar Plant 19 MW Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Alamosa Solar Generating Project 37 MW Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Alamosa photovoltaic power plant 8.22 MW Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Denver International Airport 8 MW Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Air Force Academy 6 MW Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Fort Collins Solar Farm 5 MW Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Fort Carson Army Base 2 MW Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Rifle Energy Innovation 2 MW Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Garfield Community Airport Solar Array 858 kW Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • CRMS Solar Farm 147 kW Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [6]

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Installed capacity

Colorado Solar Capacity (MWp)[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Year Photovoltaics CSP
Capacity Installed % Change Capacity Installed % Change
2007 14.6 11.5 371%
2008 35.7 21.7 145%
2009 59.1 23.4 66%
2010 121.1 62.0 105% 1 1
2011 196.7 75.5 62% 2.4 1.4
2012 299.6 102.9 52% 31.8 29.4
2013 360.4 58.0 19% 31.8 0
2014 400 67 20% 31.8 0
2015 544 144 36% 31.8 0

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Powerhouse Solar Shingle
  2. ↑ GE to Build Solar-Panel Plant in Colorado
  3. ↑ GE Halts Colorado PV Solar Mega Plant
  4. ↑ Solar Power World
  5. ↑ Colorado gets massive boost in solar power capacity, Denver Business Journal, Dec 23, 2015
  6. ↑ CRMS Solar Farm
  7. ↑ Major Solar Projects
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  14. ↑ Colorado Solar

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