Solar power in Iowa
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Solar power in Iowa is limited but growing, with 137
Solar panels on rooftops alone can provide 20% of all electricity used in
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Net metering is available continuously to all consumers generating up to 500 kW, one of the best policies in the country,[9] but is given a B-grade overall because of not being available to higher-consumption users.[10] A feed-in tariff is available for customers of the Farmers Electrical Cooperative for up to 25% of their electricity. It pays 20 cents/kWh for electricity generated, none of which can be directly used since a separate meter is required, in a parallel connection, making it a power purchase agreement instead of a feed-in tariff.[11] The state of Iowa has proposed a feed-in tariff, in Senate bill SF 225. A separate rate applies for systems less than 20 kW and for systems more than 20 kW up to 20 MW.[12][13]
Statistics
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Iowa Grid-Connected PV Capacity (MW)[15][16][17][18][19][20] | |||
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Year | Capacity | Change | % Change |
2010 | <0.1 | - | - |
2011 | 0.1 | <0.1 | - |
2012 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1100% |
2013 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 283% |
2014 | 21 | 16.4 | 356% |
2015 | 27 | 6 | 29% |
2016 | 50 | 23 | 85% |
2017 | 65.4 | 15.4 | 31% |
2018 | 96 | 30.6 | 47% |
2019 | 125.5 | 29.5 | 31% |
2020 | 287.8 | 162.3 | 129% |
2021 | 446.6 | 158.8 | % |
2022 | 658 | 211.4 | % |
Year | Total | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 202 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
Solar farms
As of year 2020, Iowa hosts six grid-connected facilities with generating capacity larger than 1.5 MW.
See also
References
- ^ a b Iowa Fact Sheet 2019, Solar Energy Industries Association, accessed December 9, 2019
- ^ Iowa Fact Sheet 2018, Solar Energy Industries Association, accessed December 9, 2019
- ^ Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation
- ^ Heartland business becomes the first entirely solar-powered company in Iowa
- ^ Fairfield business says solar power will make it “net zero”
- ^ Sky Factory Goes 100% Solar
- ^ Our Green Library
- ^ a b "Solar Generation - Iowa Solar Projects". Alliant Energy. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ Iowa - Net Metering
- ^ Freeing the Grid
- ^ Farmers Electric Cooperative (Kalona) - Renewable Energy Purchase Rate
- ^ Iowa Considering Feed-in Tariffs
- ^ SF 225
- ^ "PV Watts". NREL. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sherwood, Larry (June 2011). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2010" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2011-06-29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sherwood, Larry (July 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2012" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- ^ Sherwood, Larry (July 2014). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2013" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2014-09-26.
- ^ "Iowa Solar". Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "Electricity Data Browser". U.S. Department of Energy. March 28, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ "Solar Industry Association's Major Solar Projects List". Solar Energy Industries Association. Retrieved 2020-12-02.