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Nebraska's largest solar farm planned east of Lincoln is looking to clear final zoning hurdles
- Matt Olberding
- Oct 26, 2021
- Oct 26, 2021 Updated May 25, 2023
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One of the cheapest sources of energy is now solar. Here are the reasons why solar energy is better than coal or natural gas. Source by: Stringr
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Ranger's proposed solar farm would be spread out over about 2,800 acres in an area stretching roughly from 120th to 190th streets and from O Street to Havelock Avenue.
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Compromise zoning change a win for homeowners near planned solar project east of Lincoln
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A rendering shows a series of solar panels planned as part of a project east of Lincoln.
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Lancaster County Board will allow solar panels on acreage 'outlots' despite homeowners' objections
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Solar company seeking zoning change to aid expansion
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Planners OK allowing solar farms across Lancaster County
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The states producing the most solar energy
States Producing the Most Solar Energy
In the first few months of his administration, one of President Joe Biden’s top policy priorities has been addressing the threat of climate change—while also improving infrastructure and creating jobs to generate economic growth. Biden has stated a goal of reaching 100% pollution-free electricity by 2035, which means dramatically scaling up renewable energy production in the U.S. To that end, Biden’s proposed American Jobs Plan would include extensive tax credits, grants, and other investments in clean energy.One of the potential beneficiaries of this focus is the solar power industry, which is seeing rapid growth as the costs associated with solar decline. For many years, solar power was too expensive to be adopted at scale as a major source of energy production, but this has changed in recent years.One of the biggest reasons for the decline in costs has been technological innovation. Solar technology has become more reliable and more efficient over time, which lowers the cost of generating energy. As those costs decrease, adoption becomes more common, which allows solar cell manufacturers to achieve economies of scale and lower prices even further.Government support has also been a major factor: billions in federal investment for renewables during the Great Recession helped spur the technological advances seen in the last decade, and the federal government—along with many states and localities—has long offered tax breaks and other incentives to subsidize household solar adoption.These factors reached an inflection point in the mid-2000s, and solar production in the U.S. has been growing exponentially ever since. In 2006, solar generated around 507,000 megawatthours of energy and represented .01% of U.S. energy generated by the electric power industry. By 2019, solar thermal and photovoltaic accounted for 71,936,822 megawatthours—around 140 times more than in 2006—to represent 1.74% of total.
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The use of solar power continues to grow rapidly in the US
Solar is still a relatively small part of the U.S.’s overall energy mix but will become an increasingly significant source as solar production continues to accelerate—particularly if the Biden Administration’s climate policies and clean energy investments come to pass. For now, however, renewables overall (17.7% of total electricity generation) still lag behind natural gas (38.4%), coal (23.4%), and nuclear (19.6%). Within the renewable category, solar (9.9% of renewable production) trails wind (40.6%) and hydroelectric (39.5%).
Renewables still lag behind natural gas coal and nuclear
Despite its small but growing role in overall U.S. energy production, solar is a major part of the energy mix in a number of states. The undisputed leader of these states is California, which leads all others both by total solar energy production and the share of electricity derived from solar. California’s total solar energy production is nearly four times that of the runner-up state, North Carolina. Many of the market factors that have made solar more popular nationwide hold in California, too, but the Golden State also has geographic features and a political climate that have made it a solar leader.
California leads the US in solar energy production
In terms of geography, California is one of the U.S. states with the highest levels of insolation, or exposure to the sun. Insolation is a factor for many other leading states for solar production, including Sun Belt locations like Texas, Southwestern states Nevada and Arizona, and Southeastern states North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Politically, California’s policymakers have created an environment that all but guarantees heavy reliance on solar energy. For instance, California has one of the most ambitious renewable portfolio standards of any U.S. state, with a goal of generating 60% of energy from renewables by 2030 and 100% of energy from renewables by 2045. Additionally, in 2020, the state began requiring most new homes to include rooftop solar panels.To find the states where solar production is highest, researchers at Commodity.com used data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Electricity Power Data. States were ranked by annual solar production for electric power (in megawatthours) for 2019. The researchers also calculated the year-over-year change in total solar energy production from 2018–2019, as well as what percentage of total energy production and renewable energy production solar accounts for.Here are the states producing the most solar energy.
15. South Carolina
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 858,546
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +68.2%
- Solar share of total energy production: 0.9%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 14.3%
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14. Virginia
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 949,111
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +24.4%
- Solar share of total energy production: 1.0%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 15.3%
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13. Massachusetts
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 1,163,776
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +19.0%
- Solar share of total energy production: 5.4%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 34.7%
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12. New Jersey
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 1,164,721
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +17.6%
- Solar share of total energy production: 1.6%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 57.9%
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11. Colorado
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 1,218,220
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +14.7%
- Solar share of total energy production: 2.2%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 8.7%
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10. Minnesota
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 1,248,833
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +19.8%
- Solar share of total energy production: 2.1%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 8.6%
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9. New Mexico
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 1,365,900
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +1.3%
- Solar share of total energy production: 3.9%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 16.1%
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8. Georgia
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 2,160,770
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +8.3%
- Solar share of total energy production: 1.7%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 18.8%
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7. Utah
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 2,186,424
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): -1.7%
- Solar share of total energy production: 5.6%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 51.3%
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6. Florida
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 3,901,445
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +61.7%
- Solar share of total energy production: 1.6%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 45.6%
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5. Texas
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 4,365,125
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +36.2%
- Solar share of total energy production: 0.9%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 4.8%
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4. Nevada
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 4,810,511
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +1.9%
- Solar share of total energy production: 12.1%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 42.4%
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3. Arizona
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 5,278,019
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +2.7%
- Solar share of total energy production: 4.6%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 43.0%
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2. North Carolina
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 7,451,338
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +21.9%
- Solar share of total energy production: 5.7%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 44.6%
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1. California
- Annual solar energy production (megawatthours): 28,331,513
- Change in solar energy production (YoY): +5.0%
- Solar share of total energy production: 14.0%
- Solar share of total renewable energy production: 29.1%
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