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Solar power in Maine on rooftops can provide 24% of all electricity used in Maine.〔(Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation )〕 A 2012 estimate suggests that a typical 5 kW system costing $25,000 before credits and utility savings will pay for itself in 14 years, and generate a profit of $24,683 over the rest of its 25 year life.〔(Maine )〕 Net metering is available to all consumers for up to at least 100 kW generation. Excess generation is rolled over each month but is lost once each year.〔(Maine Net Metering )〕 Maine is given a B for net metering and an A for interconnection.〔(Freeing the grid )〕 In October 2007, Maine's largest solar array was the 15.12 kW solar array installed at Maple Hill Farm in Hallowell for $166,000,〔(Maine’s Largest Solar Array Built at Maple Hill Farm in Hallowell )〕 which through June 11, 2012 has generated 73,416 kWh.〔(Solar Savings )〕 Since then average solar costs have dropped substantially, and continue to decline. In 2011 Maine's largest solar array, 41 kW, was installed on the roof of a new, LEED Platinum grocery store in Augusta.〔(Hannaford set to open greenest grocery store )〕〔(LEED Platinum Hannaford in Augusta, Maine )〕 A 500 kW system is proposed for otherwise unusable land at the former Loring Air Force Base.〔(Loring officials envision solar farm on otherwise unusable brownfield )〕 ==Installed capacity== Solar insolation in Maine is roughly 33% greater than Germany, the leader in solar installations in 2012.〔(Maine Solar Energy FAQ’s )〕 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 Maine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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