UNPRECEDENTED SOLAR GROWTH IN Q2 2013

California Sets Quarterly Record for Solar PV in Q2’13 as US Adds 976 MW…Strong utility-scale solar PV deployment to drive 2013 US demand to 4.2 gigawatts

September 3, 2012 (SolarBuzz)

“The US added 976 megawatts (MW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity during the second quarter of 2013 (Q2’13), up 24% Q/Q from 788 MW in Q1’13, according to…Solarbuzz…[N]ew PV installed in California alone reached 521 MW, which is a new record for PV added by any state in the US for a three-month period and 53% of PV added in the US…During Q2’13, 72% of solar PV installations were ground mounted, with the remaining 28% from residential and commercial rooftops. Utility-based PV projects accounted for 59% of quarterly demand, with the remaining 41% split between commercial and residential installations…” click here for more

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