The United States solar industry can proudly say that it has yet broken another record. For the first time, solar power production accounted for more than 50 percent of all new electricity, one of the key achievements of 2023, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Increase production across all sectors helped make this record […]
Solar Industry Sets Records For 2020
Despite the Covid 19 Pandemic, the U.S. solar market experienced significant growth in 2020. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the industry grew by 43 percent and installed more than 19 gigawatts of solar electric capacity in 2020. Also notable is the fact that, for the second year in a row, solar power […]
2020 Will Be A Record Year For Solar
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is predicting a stellar year for solar power in 2020. A total of 24 Gigawatts of solar is expected to come online by the end of the year, according to the US Department of Energy’s EIA. This is impressively 60 percent more than 2016’s record year (15 GW). While the […]
Homeowners Are Warming Up To Solar
A recent Pew Research Center survey shows that homeowners across the U.S. are showing much higher interest in solar power. The overall awareness of residential solar is certainly nothing new. Over the past 10 years or so, rooftop solar panels have become an increasingly common sight in many cities across America. However, solar adoption rates […]
Solar Power Accounts for 2.7 Percent Of U.S. Electricity Demands
A recent report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration details the fact that solar power has contributed 2.7 percent of the nation’s electricity needs for the first half of 2019. This is another post inspired by a recent PV Magazine USA article. The first half of 2018 had solar producing 2.4 percent of the country’s […]
The Full Value Of Residential Solar
Anyone familiar at all with solar power knows of the contentious relationship between utilities and residential solar. So far, the situation has been quite apparent; many energy corporations in the United States have not been too happy, and have even discouraged the spread of residential solar power. It’s quite simple, this idea initially represented a […]
Residential Solar Could Surpass 41 Gigawatts By 2025
According to new analysis, the United States could witness a residential solar growth of three times its current size by 2025. This would amount to an impressive 41 gigawatts of installed solar capacity. This new report comes by way of PV Magazine USA (via a Credit Suisse analysis). One of the most notable items from […]