Full Title: Lighting the Way: The Top States that Helped Drive America’s Solar Energy Boom in 2014
Author(s): Gideon Weissman and Rob Sargent
Publisher(s): Environment Massachusetts and the Frontier Group
Publication Date: September 1, 2015
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Description (excerpt):
Solar energy is booming. In just the last three years, America’s solar photovoltaic capacity tripled. In 2014, a third of the United States’ new installed electric capacity came from solar power. And in three states – California, Hawaii, and Arizona – solar power now generates more than 5 percent of total electricity consumption.
With the cost of solar energy declining rapidly, tens of thousands more Americans each year are experiencing the benefts of clean energy from the sun, including energy generated right on the rooftops of their homes or places of business.
America’s solar energy revolution continues to be led by a small group of states that have the greatest amount of solar energy capacity installed per capita. These 10 states have opened the door for solar energy and are reaping the rewards as a result.