Solar power in Mississippi
Solar power in Mississippi is an underutilized generation method; however, large changes are expected by 2016. The state reached only 1 MW of grid-connected solar electricity in 2013. Rooftop photovoltaics can provide 31.2% of all electricity used in Mississippi from 11,700 MW of solar panels.[1]
In 2011, the Sierra Club sued the U.S. Department of Energy which was providing investment in a coal gasification plant being built by Mississippi Power.[2] In 2012 Mississippi Power had only 0.05% renewables in its power mix. In a settlement in 2014, Mississippi Power agreed to allow net metering, and to offer 100 MW of wind or solar power purchase agreements.[3] Mississippi is one of only two states, along with Florida, to have no potential for standard commercial wind power, having no locations that would provide at least 30% capacity factor, although 30,000 MW of 100 meter high turbines would operate at 25% capacity factor.[4]
Georgia Power which provides energy in southeast Mississippi has started a program to contract for 210 MW of solar power in 2014, possibly increasing to 525 MW. 100 MW would be from small scale distributed installations.[5]
Offering net metering is required by federal law, but Mississippi is one of only four states to not have adopted a statewide policy on net metering, which means it needs to be negotiated with the utility.[6][7]
Statistics
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| Mississippi Grid-Connected PV Capacity (MW)[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Capacity | Change | % Change |
| 2009 | 0.1 | ||
| 2010 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 200% |
| 2011 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 100% |
| 2012 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 17% |
| 2013 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 43% |
| 2014 | 1.0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2015 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 10% |
See also
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References
- ↑ Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Technical Potential in the United States: A Detailed Assessment
- ↑ Sierra Club suing DOE over Kemper coal plant, Mississippi Business Journal, March 11,2011
- ↑ pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/mississippi-power-unopposed-to-net-metering--eyes-100-mw-re-procurement_100016057/ Mississippi Power unopposed to net metering, eyes 100 MW RE procurement], pv magazine, 11 August 2014
- ↑ Mississippi Wind Power
- ↑ Advanced Solar Initiative, Georgia Power
- ↑ Freeing the grid
- ↑ Mississippi
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