Community Solar Deployment and Subscriptions
Cumulative MWac
800
Minnesota's Market is Making a
Strong Comeback in 2023
Community Solar Capacity Installed in Minnesota (MWac)
Operational
Planned
400
513 668
795 841 875 924
317
200
266
Minnesota's installed capacity is ramping
up in 2023 H1
Cumulative installed capacity
increased from 795 MWac in 2020
to 875 MWac in 2022, representing
a total addition of 85 MWac over
two years.
By H1 2023, the cumulative installed
capacity had reached 924 MWac,
with an additional 49 MWac added
in the first six months of the year.
Community solar deployment in Xcel
Energy's service territory contributed to
the majority of the deployment in
Minnesota. As of 2023 H1, projects in
Xcel Energy's territory totaled:
917 MWac in operation.
317 MWac planned.
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 2023-H1
Planned
Data Source: 2016-2022: Sharing the Sun Project List 2022; Planned*: Xcel Compliance Filling Monthly Update, DOCKET No. 13-867, and
Xcel Interconnection Monthly Update. The "planned" status includes in construction, in study analysis and in application stage. The darker
blue represents the cumulative installed rated AC power output (MW) for community solar in operation by the corresponding year in
Minnesota. The light blue represents the capacity planned to be installed in 2023 H1 and thereafter.
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