The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research reported that Florida is one of the top 10 solar states for the first time since 2011, adding 748 megawatts in 2017. The Sunshine State was also the third fastest growing solar state last year, according to the newly released U.S. Solar Market Insight Report 2017 Year-In-Review.
Strong growth in the corporate and community solar segments was reflected by the installation of 10.6 gigawatts (GW) of new photovoltaics (PV) capacity in 2017. Last year’s capacity addition still represents 40 percent growth over 2015’s installation total, although overall growth was less than the 15 GW installed in the record-shattering 2016.
“The solar industry delivered impressively last year despite a trade case and market adjustments,” SEIA President and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper told the Palm Beach Post. “Especially encouraging is the increasing geographic diversity in states deploying solar, from the Southeast to the Midwest, that led to a double digit increase in total capacity.”
Read more here:
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/florida-was-the-third-fastest-growing-solar-state-2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/u-s-solar-is-actually-doing-pretty-well
Press Release: https://www.seia.org/news
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