29-page Report: US Solar Market Trends, 2013

 

Just out (this write-up is dated a few weeks ago) — and free. Noteworthy trends:

• California was the most important market in 2013.  Fifty-seven percent of U.S. capacity installed in 2013 occurred in the Golden State, and the capacity installed during 2013 was 161 percent greater than what was installed in 2012.

• Residential capacity installed in 2013 grew by 68 percent in the U.S., fueled by the increasing use of leases and third-party ownership of these systems. Over 145,000 residential PV systems were installed during the year.

• Utility sector capacity installed grew by 47 percent.  Ten PV installations, each larger than 100 MW_DC, were completed in 2013.

• Hawaii had the highest per capita installed capacity of PV systems. More than 75 percent of grid-connected PV system capacity installed in 2013 was concentrated in California, Arizona and North Carolina.

• The most CSP capacity ever installed in the United States in a single year was in 2013. Three new CSP solar plants with a total capacity of 766 MW_AC were completed, the first completed in the U.S. since 2010.

Above is from the write-up. To download the thing, click on the link in the final sentence (which takes you to the IREC website).

 

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