U.S. cumulative solar PV capacity 2022 | Statista

In 2022, the United States' cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity amounted to 111.5 gigawatts. This was the peak from the period in consideration, and an increase of nearly 100 gigawatts compared to 2010. By comparison, cumulative solar PV capacity in the country has increased by some 2.9 gigawatts in the first decade recorded.

Cumulative solar PV capacity in the United States from 2000 to 2022 (in megawatts)

Characteristic	Energy capacity in megawatts
2022	111,535
2021	93,911
2020	74,693
2019	59,829
2018	50,229
2017	42,012
2016	33,676
2015	22,479
2014	16,445
2013	11,959
2012	8,137
2011	5,172
2010	2,909
2009	1,614
2008	819
2007	508
2006	339
2005	234
2004	155
2003	97
2002	52
2001	29
2000*	18

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July 2023

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United States

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2000 to 2022

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* The 2000 figure is taken from the 2010 Renewable Energy Data Book (page 68), published by the U.S. Department of Energy in September 2011.

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