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Solar power in Colorado has grown rapidly, over 25% partly because of one of the most favorable net metering laws in the country, with no limit on the number of users. Colorado was the first state where Dow introduced their solar shingles.〔(Powerhouse Solar Shingle )〕 General Electric is planning on building a solar panel plant in Aurora, Colorado, to produce 400 MW of thin film CdTe panels each year,〔(GE to Build Solar-Panel Plant in Colorado )〕 but has delayed construction for at least 18 months with the drop in worldwide photovoltaics prices.〔(GE Halts Colorado PV Solar Mega Plant )〕 A 31% tariff on solar cells made in China initiated by request of SolarWorld is expected to have little effect in the United States, as suppliers will simply shift to cells made in Taiwan and Malaysia for the U.S. market, which is a much smaller market compared to Europe and China. Almost 75% of photovoltaics installed in 2011 was in Europe. One company that was affected is Suntech, which reported a 34.9% decrease in revenue.〔(Chinese solar power firms protest proposed EU probe )〕 Suntech, the largest maker of solar panels, made some of the panels used for the Nellis Solar Power Plant, in Nevada.〔(China Solar Panel Maker Sets First U.S. Plant )〕 The largest solar installation company in the state is E Light Wind and Solar, followed by Quanta Power Generation and juwi solar.〔(Solar Power World )〕 ==Solar farms== *San Luis Valley Solar Ranch 30 MW completed December 2011 *Greater Sandhill Solar Plant 19 MW *Alamosa Solar Generating Project 37 MW *Alamosa photovoltaic power plant 8.22 MW *Denver International Airport 8 MW *Air Force Academy 6 MW *Fort Collins Solar Farm 5 MW *Fort Carson Army Base 2 MW *Rifle Energy Innovation 2 MW *Garfield Community Airport Solar Array 858 kW *CRMS Solar Farm 147 kW 〔(CRMS Solar Farm )〕 〔(Major Solar Projects )〕 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 Colorado」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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