US Sees Second-Largest Solar Installation Growth In Q3

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US Sees Second-Largest Solar Installation Growth In Q3

December 9th, 2014 by Joshua S Hill

The United States installed 1,354 MW of solar PV in the third quarter of 2014, up 41% over the same period a year earlier, and the making it the second-largest quarter of all time for the US solar industry, bringing the country’s cumulative solar PV capacity up to 16.1 GW.

These numbers come courtesy of GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association in the latest US Solar Market Insight Report, released today. The report also found that, through the first three quarters of 2014, solar PV represented 36% of new capacity to come online, an increase of 29% in 2013 and 9.6% in 2012.



“Solar’s continued, impressive growth is due, in large part, to smart and effective public policies, such as the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC), Net Energy Metering (NEM) and Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS),” said Rhone Resch, SEIA president and CEO. “By any measurement, these policies are paying huge dividends for America. Every three minutes of every single day, the U.S. solar industry is flipping the switch on another completed solar project, benefitting both our economy and the environment.”

US PV Installations, Q1’2010 – ‘Q3’2014




As seen in the graph above, the US utility-scale market segment has regularly and consistently represented the greater-share of installation capacity per quarter. In the third quarter of 2014, the US installed 825 MW worth of utility-scale projects, up from 540 MW a year earlier, and represents the sixth straight quarter in which utility-scale PV accounted for more than 50% of the national total.

The US residential segment, however, has also been growing steadily (if slowly) over the past couple of years, and this past quarter exceeded 300 MW for the first time — with more than half coming online without any state incentives to help it along.



Residential is now the most reliable market segment, growing 18 out of the last 19 quarters.

“Residential solar has become a remarkably consistent, growing market,” said Shayle Kann, Senior Vice President at GTM Research. “By the end of this year there will be more than 600,000 homes outfitted with solar, and we see no signs of a slowdown next year. By 2017, we expect the residential sector to be the largest in the U.S. solar market.”

Also see Zach’s coverage of US solar price trends noted in the report and the current solar PV pipeline and growth forecast out to 2016.

I can't believe anyone could down solar. Solar is kicking ass!

What was the total cost and how much more do we need. Without those two answers you are simply a liar.

I would be nice, and say it nicer, but you have been here long enough and have made 100's of threads without once stating what the total cost is.

So what is the cost, how many more decades of building.

How about some truth and not so much propaganda, post the cost and how many decades we must build your dream.

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Here is how much solar we have on this planet. Completely and utterly renewable! We don't have to fuck our planet and risk hundreds of lives our miners per year for it. Pollution and people being alive for their children is worth something. 2014 we humans installed 44gw of it! If it is so expensive, why?

Solar is the second most installed energy source currently in America. How could it be if it was so expensive? Your problem is the reality that solar is becoming cheaper and cheaper with each passing week, while your fossil fuels will one day find its self uncompetive. Solar could power America over 100 times without breaking a sweat.

Solar is anywhere from 7-14cents per kw/h without the government as of right now. Sure, coal and natural gas is slightly cheaper, but solar is moving ever downward on their throats! Grid parity is what it's called as a sunny place like Califorina or Az will reach it first with the lowest prices. This will spread!!! Look at the future! --> you really think your fossil fuels are going to be able to compete? Solar Power Costs Headed Toward 4c kWh CleanTechnica

"The highly conservative International Energy Agency predicts the cost of solar energy will fall to around 4c/kWh in coming decades as the sun becomes the dominant source of power generation across the world.

As we reported on Monday, the IEA now expects solar to become the biggest single source of energy by 2050 and has now doubled its forecast capacity for solar PV.”."

Oh'shitttt! Solar is as low as 5 cents per kw??? oh, fuck yes!!! Austin s Super Cheap Solar Agreement 5 kWh Goes To Recurrent Energy Not SunEdison CleanTechnica

More super cheap solar!!!! Dubai Shatters Solar Price Records Worldwide -- Lowest Ever CleanTechnica


Down it goes!!! US Solar Now 59 Cheaper Than Analysts In 2010 Predicted

An Article is nothing more than pure propaganda, Solar is subsidized, from Research in Government funded Universities to the final installation.

Gullible is the public who feeds at the trough of Google.

 

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Of course grid scale storage is the key to effective utilization of wind and solar.

Oncor proposes giant leap for grid batteries Dallas Morning News

In a move that stands to radically shift the dynamics of the industry, Oncor is set to announce Monday that it is prepared to invest more than $2 billion to store electricity in thousands of batteries across North and West Texas beginning in 2018.

Utility-scale batteries have been a holy grail within the energy sector for years. With enough storage space, surplus electricity can be generated at night, when plants usually sit idle, to be used the next day, when demand is highest. Power outages would become less frequent. Wind and solar power, susceptible to weather conditions, could be built on a larger scale. The only problem has been that the price of batteries has been too high to make economic sense. But if they’re purchased on a large enough scale, that won’t be the case for long, said Oncor CEO Bob Shapard.

“Everyone assumed the price point was five to six years out. We’re getting indications from everyone we’ve talked to they can get us to that price by 2018,” he said in an interview Wednesday.

The Dallas-based transmission company is proposing the installation of 5,000 megawatts of batteries not just in its service area but across Texas’ entire grid. That is the equivalent of four nuclear power plants on a grid with a capacity of about 81,000 megawatts.

More stupidity by Old Crock, how much oil will it take to manufacture those batteries? In all seriousness, account for the INCREASE in OIL CONSUMPTION you are proposing. It takes Oil to do what you want, so how much?