While some attempts at creating commercial solar projects in Oklahoma are still considered fledgling efforts, it’s clear the state lags far behind others. A new report by Environment America shows at least 50 U.S. cities have more than doubled their total installed solar capacity since 2013.
Los Angeles and Honolulu are among the nationwide leaders but in the Oklahoma region, cities such as El Paso, Texas, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Las Cruces, New Mexico are ranked high on the list of cities taking advantage of the sun.
The report was the result of the environmental group’s seventh annual survey and found that the amount of solar power installed in just seven U.S. cities exceeded the amount installed nationwide at the end of 2010.
The recent announcement by Tulsa’s Williams Cos. highlights the rapid growth of solar power. The pipeline operator announced recently it intends to add solar power to its natural gas processing plants and other facilities in nine states.
Williams stated that solar farms producing between 1 to 40 megawatts of power will be installed on company-owned land next to 48 sites in Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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