What You May Not Know About Solar

Have you been following the solar industry? Here are some facts that you may not have know about solar:

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By the fourth quarter of 2014 there was over 20,000 MW of cumulative solar electric capacity operating in the United States? This is enough solar energy to power more than 4 million average American homes.

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Residential solar costs have dropped by 45% since 2010, but utility-scale costs have dropped even more. Recent contract pricing reports below $0.05/kWh.

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The United States existing solar capacity is expected to double over the next two years with approximately 20,000 MW of solar capacity forecasted to come online.

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More than 16 states are excepting to have installed 100MW by 2016. In 2014 only 9 states reached this level.

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Major U.S. corporations are going solar at an extremely fast rate. The top 25 corporations who have installed solar add up to more than 569 MW of capacity in over 1,100 different facilities across the United States. These top corporations have more than doubled their solar capacity since 2012.

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Since 2012, the average price of a commissioned commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) project has dropped by more than 45%.

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There are almost 4,000 primary and secondary schools in the United States with solar installations. This means more than 2.7 million students attend schools who support solar.

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By the end of 2014, California lead the nation with 3549 MW of installed solar PV. North Carolina came in second place with 397 MW, followed by Nevada with 339MW.

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Miller Bros. Solar provides O&M services for solar projects in the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Ohio, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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*References – SEIA.org