U.S. Renewable Energy Policy and Industry
Quarterly PV Installed (GWDc)
U.S. Installation Breakdown
2.5
U.S. PV Installations by Market Segment
2.0
Utility
I Non-Residential
2.11
2.19
U.S. PV Installations by State
(MWDC), Q1 '15
Residential
1.5
-1.31
1.36 1.38
1.4
1.28 1.5 1.31-
Other
318
0.96 0.94
1.0
-0.82
0.9
0.69
0.74
0.9 0.8 0.7
-0.6-
MA
0.55
55
0.6 0.5
0.5
0.5 0.3.
-0.3-0.2-
NC
58
10.4 0.4
NV
NY
0.0
97
Q1
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1
Q2
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1
'12 '12 '12 '12 '13 '13 '13 '13 '14 '14 '14 '14
59
Q3
Q4
'15
CA
718
United States installed 1.3 GW in Q1 '15, down Q/Q and Y/Y
-
-
Q1 is typically a down quarter (weather, tax purposes); this year was particularly snowy
Residential market was actually up (11% Q/Q, 76% Y/Y), with 9 states adding more than 10 MW
-
CA (53% of res. market) had interconnection backlogs for some utilities which pushed installs from Q4 to Q1
GTM reports that technology convergence is gaining traction (energy storage, demand response, load
control, EV charging), though it's still in its infancy due to high costs. As costs come down and rates
evolve, demand should pick up.
Source: Green Tech Media (GTM)/ Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). U.S. Solar Market Insight Q1 2015. Accessed
September 2015, http://www.seia.org/research-resources/solar-market-insight-report-2015-q1.
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
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