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Solar power in West Virginia
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<h2 id="installations">Installations</h2> <p>In 2012 the largest solar array in West Virginia was the 407 kW array installed on a carport at the American Public University System financial center in <a href="/facts/Charles_Town,_West_Virginia/B6Phy7Yd">Charles Town</a>, which includes 15 charging stations for <a href="/facts/Electric_car/agINmGGQ">electric cars</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>In <a href="/facts/Moorefield,_West_Virginia/YwzLnIYs">Moorefield, West Virginia</a>, Malcolm Farms had generated 35,000 kWh annually as of January 2014 from a solar installation on a poultry house.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="statistics">Statistics</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td>Source: NREL<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="4">Grid-connected PV capacity (MW)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></th></tr><tr><th>Year</th><th>Capacity</th><th>Installed</th><th>% change</th></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td><0.1</td><td><0.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.6</td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>1.7</td><td>1.1</td><td>183%</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>2.2</td><td>0.5</td><td>29%</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>2.6</td><td>0.4</td><td>18%</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>3.4</td><td>0.8</td><td>31%</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>3.8</td><td>0.4</td><td>11%</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>5.8</td><td>2</td><td>52%</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>6.9</td><td>1.1</td><td>19%</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>9.8</td><td>2.9</td><td>42%</td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>11.2</td><td>1.4</td><td>14%</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>18.2</td><td>7</td><td>63%</td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>30</td><td>11.8</td><td>65%</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Renewable energy portal</li><li>Energy portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Wind_power_in_West_Virginia/VPXMeA9b">Wind power in West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Solar_power_in_the_United_States/JEcSSnGW">Solar power in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_States/aSrktBDY">Renewable energy in the United States</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://archive.today/20130414144122/http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?getRE=1%3Fre=1&ee=0&state=WV">Incentives and policies</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Technical Potential in the United States <a href="http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/65586.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/65586.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Reaching Grid Parity <a href="http://causetinnitus.net/reaching-grid-parity/" target="_blank">http://causetinnitus.net/reaching-grid-parity/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Top 10 Reasons To Use Solar Energy At Home <a href="http://indoorenergy.com/greenenergy/top-10-reasons-to-use-solar-energy-at-home" target="_blank">http://indoorenergy.com/greenenergy/top-10-reasons-to-use-solar-energy-at-home</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Energy Resources: Fossil Fuels <a href="http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/fossil.htm" target="_blank">http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/fossil.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>West Virginia - Net Metering Archived 2012-04-17 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=WV03R&re=1&ee=0" target="_blank">http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=WV03R&re=1&ee=0</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>West Virginia <a href="http://www.irecusa.org/2011/06/west-virginia/" target="_blank">http://www.irecusa.org/2011/06/west-virginia/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>SolarWorld Solar Panels Power Largest Solar Installation in West Virginia <a href="https://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20120503-911239.html" target="_blank">https://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20120503-911239.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Moorefield Poultry Farm Invests in Solar Power". USDA Rural Development. 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2022-08-13. <a href="https://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/success-stories/moorefield-poultry-farm-invests-solar-power" target="_blank">https://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/success-stories/moorefield-poultry-farm-invests-solar-power</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"PV Watts". NREL. Retrieved 9 June 2012. <a href="http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/calculators/PVWATTS/version1/US/West_Virginia/Charleston.html" target="_blank">http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/calculators/PVWATTS/version1/US/West_Virginia/Charleston.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Sherwood, Larry (August 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2011" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-08-16. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120906231846/http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/IRECSolarMarketTrends-2012-web.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120906231846/http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/IRECSolarMarketTrends-2012-web.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Sherwood, Larry (June 2011). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2010" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2011-06-29. <a href="http://irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IREC-Solar-Market-Trends-Report-June-2011-web.pdf" target="_blank">http://irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IREC-Solar-Market-Trends-Report-June-2011-web.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Sherwood, Larry (July 2010). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2009" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2010-07-28. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100925184512/http://irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IREC-Solar-Market-Trends-Report-2010_7-27-10_web1.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100925184512/http://irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IREC-Solar-Market-Trends-Report-2010_7-27-10_web1.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>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. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091123030109/http://www.irecusa.org/fileadmin/user_upload/NationalOutreachDocs/SolarTrendsReports/IREC_Solar_Market_Trends_Report_2008.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20091123030109/http://www.irecusa.org/fileadmin/user_upload/NationalOutreachDocs/SolarTrendsReports/IREC_Solar_Market_Trends_Report_2008.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Sherwood, Larry (July 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2012" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Retrieved 2013-10-11. <a href="http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Solar-Report-Final-July-2013-1.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Solar-Report-Final-July-2013-1.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Sherwood, Larry (July 2014). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2013" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2014-09-26. <a href="http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Final-Solar-Report-7-3-14-W-2-8.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Final-Solar-Report-7-3-14-W-2-8.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>West Virginia Solar <a href="https://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/west-virginia" target="_blank">https://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/west-virginia</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>