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U.S. renewable energy: cumulative solar PV capacity through 2017
Cumulative solar PV capacity in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in megawatts)*
This statistic represents U.S. cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity between 2000 and 2017. In the United States, cumulative solar PV capacity installations surpassed the one gigawatt mark in 2009, reaching 51.6 gigawatts in 2017.
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This statistic represents U.S. cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity between 2000 and 2017. In the United States, cumulative solar PV capacity installations surpassed the one gigawatt mark in 2009, reaching 51.6 gigawatts in 2017.
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- March 2018
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 2000 to 2017
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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. Other figures are compiled from several editions of the annual review.
Annual installations have been added up.
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- 2000 to 2017
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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. Other figures are compiled from several editions of the annual review.
Annual installations have been added up.
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