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By any measure, 2016 was a record year for solar in the United States. The PV market grew 97% over 2015, installing 14.8 GWdc from over 370,000 individual installations.
For the first time, solar represented the largest new source of electricity generating capacity, beating out both natural gas and wind for new capacity additions.
Twenty-two states individually installed over 100 MWdc in 2016, up from 13 in 2015 and just two in 2010. This geographic diversification occurred across market segments. In the residential sector, states such as South Carolina and Texas experienced major growth in 2016, while the utility sector saw the most expansion in Georgia, Minnesota and Utah. California remained the largest state market, but its share of total capacity fell to 35%, the state’s lowest share since 2012. Notably, this share is expected to continue to fall as utilities aggressively procured utility PV to meet the state’s renewable portfolio standards in prior years, while near-term anticipated deceleration across distributed solar markets will lead to California’s overall share of the solar market dipping below 30% for the first time since 2010.
Solar PV system prices in the U.S. have dropped steadily – by 12% from last year and 66% from 2010.
http://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/oregon
Solar PV system prices in the U.S. have dropped steadily – by 12% from last year and 66% from 2010.
http://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/oregon
Solar Ki, LLC is donating $250.00 for any new installation to McKenzie River Trust – Partnership. http://www.mckenzieriver.org/
Over the next five years, Oregon is expected to install 17 times the amount of solar installed over the last five years, putting them 14th in the nation.
http://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/oregon