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Now 5 Million Solar Installations Across USA, 5× More Than In 2016
11 hours ago
Solar rocks! The future is solar and that is a fact. Renewables are taking over in all red states.
11 hours ago
The U.S. solar power industry, particularly the rooftop arm of the industry, is going through a bit of a tough time at the moment. The country’s biggest solar market — by far — is California, and the industry there has been hit quite hard by the huge solar policy downgrade to “Net Metering 3.0.”
Nonetheless, there’s a lot to celebrate when it comes to solar power progress in the United States. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) recently reported that the country has passed 5 million solar installations. Five million!
Perhaps more interesting and telling — this is a 5× increase from the 1 million solar installations the country had reached in 2016. Solar power has been growing fast in the country. Can we double that 5 million in another 8 years? Can we double it quicker — by 2030, for example? SEIA seems to think that we can indeed double the number before 2030.
“Today 7% of homes in America have solar, and this number will grow to over 15% of U.S. homes by 2030,” says SEIA president and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper.
SEIA expects total solar installations to not only double to 10 million by 2030, but the organization also expects them to triple to 15 million by 2034. That increase from 5 million to 10 million would thus come in about 6 years while the increase from 10 million to 15 million (also a 5-million-installation increase) would take about 4 years. So, despite Net Metering 3.0, SEIA expects solar power growth to actually increase.
Now 5 Million Solar Installations Across USA, 5× More Than In 2016 - CleanTechnica
Solar Installations have increased 5X since 2016 Exceeds 5 Million Nationawide milestone comes 8 years since
cleantechnica.com
Solar rocks! The future is solar and that is a fact. Renewables are taking over in all red states.