Solar power in Montana

Solar panels

Solar power in Montana on rooftops can provide 28% of all electricity used in Montana from 3,200 MW of solar panels.^[1]

Net metering is available to all consumers for up to at least 10 kW generation. Excess generation is rolled over each month but is lost once each year.^[2]

Installed capacity

Source: NREL[3]

Grid-Connected PV Capacity (MW)[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Year	Capacity	Change	% Change
2007	0.5
2008	0.7		40%
2009	0.7		0%
2010	0.7		0%
2011	0.7		0%
2012	2.2	1.4	200%
2013	3.0	0.9	41%
2014	4.0	1.0	33%
2015	4.5	0.5	12%

See also

• Renewable energy
• Solar power

References

1. Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Technical Potential in the United States
2. Montana Electric Cooperatives - Net Metering
3. "PV Watts". NREL. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
4. Sherwood, Larry (August 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2011" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 17. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
5. Sherwood, Larry (June 2011). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2010" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2011-06-29.
6. Sherwood, Larry (July 2010). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2009" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2010-07-28.
7. Sherwood, Larry (July 2009). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2008" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2010-07-24.
8. Sherwood, Larry (August 2008). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2007" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2010-07-24.
9. Sherwood, Larry (July 2009). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2008" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
10. Sherwood, Larry (July 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2012" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
11. Sherwood, Larry (July 2014). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2013" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2014-09-26.
12. []

External links

• Incentives and policies