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Solar PV systems have had a steady increase even with all the recent economic uncertainty in the US last year. 2009 ended with an amazing 18% increase over 2008’s installed solar capacity, and at this current pace it should be easy to hit many of the 2020 goals set by utilities and our government as well. Amazing as well it was the Q4 of 2009 that added 63% of the new PV projects, which is providing a large boost into 2010 and the momentum to do even better. Of course it was CA that dominated the new Solar PV market in completing large-scale PV systems by adding 52% of the new systems installed in 2009 alone. Numbers from Emerging Energy Research
It’s great to see the US keeping pace with solar despite concern about the strength of the US economy. Clearly as solar keeps this rate of progress it’s no wonder that the renewable energy industry will be one of the factors that carries us out of our current economic slump. If you’re looking to get in on this rapid growth of solar installations as a business then check out our classes at our http://www.bootsontheroof.com/
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