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U.S. renewable energy: cumulative solar PV capacity through 2018
Cumulative solar PV capacity in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in megawatts)*
by T. Wang,
last edited
Jul 31, 2019
This statistic represents U.S. cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity between 2000 and 2018. In the United States, cumulative solar PV capacity installations surpassed the one gigawatt mark in 2009, reaching 49.7 gigawatts in 2018.
Cumulative solar PV capacity in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in megawatts)*
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by T. Wang,
last edited
Jul 31, 2019
This statistic represents U.S. cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity between 2000 and 2018. In the United States, cumulative solar PV capacity installations surpassed the one gigawatt mark in 2009, reaching 49.7 gigawatts in 2018.
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- July 2019
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- United States
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- 2000 to 2018
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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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- 2000 to 2018
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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.
** Outlook.
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