Solar car developed by Kansas State University

Solar power in Kansas has been growing in recent years due to new technological improvements and a variety of regulatory actions and financial incentives.[1]

It is estimated that 41.7% of electricity in Kansas could be provided by 12,500 MW of rooftop solar panels.[2]

In 2015, IKEA installed the largest solar array in the state, 730 kW on the roof of its store in Merriam.[3] In 2011, Kansas's largest solar array, 118 kW, was the rooftop installation at Peeper Ranch in Lenexa. Its output is available online.[4]

Net metering

Solar panel activation during a Kansas Army National Guard assignment

The state's net metering program allows residential installations of up to 25 kW and 200 kW non-residential on-site electrical generation to roll over any excess generation to the next month, but any excess at the end of the year is lost. Participation is limited to 1% of utility's previous year peak demand.[5] Many of the states have net metering policies that are inadequate for 100% renewable energy. Kansas was given a C for net metering and an F for interconnection policies.[6]

Statistics

Source: NREL[7]
Grid-connected PV capacity (MWp)[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Year Capacity Change  % Change
20100.10.1>100%
20110.20.1100%
20120.50.3150%
20131.10.6120%
20142.31.2109%
20154.72.4104%
20165.91.226%
201714.99153%
201821.9747%
201946.724.8113%
202081.935.275%
202199.117.221%
202211515.916%
Utility-scale solar generation in Kansas (GWh)[14]
Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
20174000000111100
20187001111111000
201910001112211100
202056000788876543
202162334668876443
202267355568987633

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prospects for solar power never brighter
  2. ↑ Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Technical Potential in the United States
  3. ↑ IKEA’s new Kansas store has state’s largest solar rooftop array, Solar Power World, Kelly Pickerel, May 5, 2015
  4. ↑ Peeper Ranch Plant Profile
  5. ↑ "Kansas - Net Metering". Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  6. ↑ Freeing the Grid
  7. ↑ "PV Watts". NREL. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  8. ↑ Sherwood, Larry (August 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2011" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  9. ↑ Sherwood, Larry (June 2011). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2010" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 20. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  10. ↑ Sherwood, Larry (July 2009). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2008" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  11. ↑ Sherwood, Larry (July 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2012" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  12. ↑ Sherwood, Larry (July 2014). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2013" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  13. ↑ Kansas Solar
  14. ↑ "Electricity Data Browser". U.S. Department of Energy. March 28, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
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