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Overview of solar power in the U.S. state of Kansas
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.

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

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

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. 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.

Statistics

Source: NREL
Grid-connected PV capacity (MWp)
Year Capacity Change % Change
2010 0.1 0.1 >100%
2011 0.2 0.1 100%
2012 0.5 0.3 150%
2013 1.1 0.6 120%
2014 2.3 1.2 109%
2015 4.7 2.4 104%
2016 5.9 1.2 26%
2017 14.9 9 153%
2018 21.9 7 47%
2019 46.7 24.8 113%
2020 81.9 35.2 75%
2021 99.1 17.2 21%
2022 115 15.9 16%
Utility-scale solar generation in Kansas (GWh)
Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2017 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
2018 7 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
2019 10 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
2020 56 0 0 0 7 8 8 8 7 6 5 4 3
2021 62 3 3 4 6 6 8 8 7 6 4 4 3
2022 67 3 5 5 5 6 8 9 8 7 6 3 3

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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