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Solar power in Kentucky has been growing in recent years due to new technological improvements and a variety of regulatory actions and financial incentives, particularly a 30% federal tax credit, available through 2016, for any size project. Kentucky could generate 10% of all of the electricity used in the United States from land cleared from coal mining in the state. Covering just one-fifth with photovoltaics would supply all of the state's electricity.〔(Can Coal Mines Become Solar Farms? )〕 The Berea Solar Farm is a community solar farm, which opened with 60 235-watt solar panels (14.1 kW).〔(Berea Solar Farm )〕 All of the available panels sold out in four days.〔(Berea (KY) Solar Farm Sells Out )〕 A 2 MW single axis tracking solar farm began operation in 2011 in Bowling Green.〔(Solar installations in Kentucky )〕〔(Bowling Green To Have $6M, 10-Acre Solar Farm )〕 As of 2011, the largest system on any farm in the state was the 100.32 kW array completed on November 1, 2011, in Fancy Farms.〔(Willet Farm's Press Release )〕 The first hospital in the state to use solar power is Rockcastle Regional Hospital in Mt. Vernon, which installed a 60.9 kW array on the roof in November, 2011.〔(Kentucky's First Solar-Powered Hospital )〕 In 2015, Fort Campbell installed a 1.9MW solar farm that provides 10% of the electricity used by the base.〔(Fort Campbell solar array completed ), ClarksvilleNow, September 21, 2015〕 Kentucky's only maker of solar panels is Alternative Energy Kentucky.〔(Company says the future of solar panels in Ky. is bright )〕 ==Net metering== Kentucky has a net metering program that allows installations of up to 30 kW of on-site electrical generation to continuously roll over any excess generation to the next month. Participation is limited to 1% of utilities peak demand the prior year. The Kentucky Solar Energy Society is lobbying to increase the limit, noting that 17 states allow at least 2 MW capacity to use net metering.〔(Net Metering )〕 Three states have no limit - Arizona, New Jersey, and Ohio.〔(Net Metering as a Business Retention Tool )〕 Rhode Island has a 5 MW limit,〔(Rhode Island - Net Metering )〕 and New Mexico has a limit of 80 MW.〔(New Mexico - Net Metering )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Solar power in Kentucky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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