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Monday, 18 June 2012

SOLAR’S SURGE

Posted on 05:26 by Unknown
Good Solar News: US Solar Continues to Surge in 2012; The bad news is that domestic manufacturing woes continue.

Eric Wesoff, June 12, 2012 (Greentech Media)

“The U.S. had a blistering amount of solar installations in the first quarter of 2012 with an impressive 506 megawatts -- a record for typically slow first quaters and second only to the 780 megawatts installed in the previous quarter…according to the [U.S. Solar Market Insight: 1st Quarter 2012 report] from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research…

“…[T]he U.S. is still a solar growth market led by strength in the commercial sector in Q1…Utility-scale will continue to drive U.S. solar growth, and 2012 has the makings of yet another banner year with an increased forecast for 2012 of 3.2 gigawatts. The U.S. market grew 109 percent from 2010 to 2011 and will grow another 75 percent from 2011 to 2012…”

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“…The cumulative total of solar photovoltaics across America is 4,427 megawatts…Adding CSP to that figure brings the total to 4,943 megawatts…A total of 1.1 gigawatts (AC) of CSP are now under construction…Blended module prices for Q1 2012 were down to $0.94 per watt, a staggering 47 percent lower than Q1 2011 levels of $1.78 per watt…

“…New Jersey edged out California in Q1 for the lead in solar installations with 174 megawatts…[T]hings look a bit murkier for [2013]…An expired 1603 tax grant, impacts of an import tariff on solar cells imported from China, and a ‘trough’ in California and New Jersey loom large…”

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