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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Solar Energy Update 9/11

US solar market spikes in second quarter [San Jose Mercury News]

Businessweek - ‎1
Sept. 10--Solar installations spiked in the second quarter of this year as large solar power plants came online, according to a report released Monday by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. The amount of photovoltaic solar panels ...

Is The US Solar Boom Slowing Down?

Forbes - ‎1
The U.S. solar market continued its record-setting pace in the second quarter, but amid the boom are signs of a slow down in the break-neck growth of recent years, according to a report released Monday. Photovoltaic installations jumped 45% over the first ...

Solar installations surge on strong utility market

Reuters -
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. solar installations jumped 116 percent in the second quarter from a year ago thanks to the completion of more than 20 big projects for utilities, according to an industry report released on Monday. The quarter was the largest ...

US Solar Installs More Than Doubled in Second Quarter

Businessweek -
U.S. solar-panel installations more than doubled in the second quarter from a year earlier led by demand in California, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Installations totaled 742 megawatts in the quarter, up 45 percent since the first quarter, ...

GTM Research and SEIA say US solar market will show solid growth in 2012

Electrical Marketing's LiveWire -
Despite the challenges the U.S. solar market is facing with a flood of low-priced PV panels from China and the cloudy outlook for future government, it looks like PV installations will show some good growth this year, according to this report from Greentech ...

SEIA and Vote Solar Announce New Report: Top 20 Corporate Solar Customers ...

AltEnergyMag (press release) -
SEIA and Vote Solar Announce New Report: Top 20 Corporate Solar Customers in the U.S.. Visit http://www.seia.org for further information. Report to be Released at Solar Power International, North America's Largest Solar Energy Conference. Submitted on ...

Report: US Solar Market Spikes in Q2 2012, More than Doubling Q2 2011 ...

AltEnergyMag (press release) -
Report: U.S. Solar Market Spikes in Q2 2012, More than Doubling Q2 2011 Market Size, Quarterly U.S. Solar Installations Total 742 MW. Visit http://www.seia.org for further information. Supported by a record 477 MW of utility-scale installations, the U.S. solar ...

What's Behind the US Solar Boom?

Technology Review (blog) -
Solar power installations in the United States more than doubled in the second quarter this year, driven by a combination of plunging panel prices, policies to create demand for renewable energy, and business model innovations. The Solar Energy Industry ...

Solar: The Best of Times; The Worst of Times

Power Engineering Magazine -
The opening session on Solar Power International in Orlando, Fla. kicked off on Sept. 10 with a “Newlywed Game”-style “gameshow” among six industry leaders, as well as inspiring presentations from Julia Hamm, president and CEO of the Solar Electric ...

Solar Market Spikes

Domestic Fuel -
According to the “U.S. Solar Market Insight: 2nd Quarter 2012“ report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the solar industry achieved its second best quarter ever. In the second quarter of this year, 742 megawatts of solar ...

U.S. solar installations double

SmartPlanet.com (blog) -
The number of solar panel installations in the United States skyrocketed to 742 megawatts in the second quarter, more than double from the same period last year, thanks largely to high demand in California and a strong utility market, according to the U.S. ...

Record 2Q for US Solar Market

IBTimes.co.uk -
Republicans and other opposing parties-i.e. Big Oil-are intensifying populist rhetoric and efforts to derail the Obama Administration's legislative and policy initiatives to promote and foster solar, wind, and renewable energy development and market growth in ...

US solar industry reports big gains in Q2

Global Times -
The US solar industry posted significant gains and record installations in the second quarter this year, according to an industry report released on Monday. The US Solar Market Insight Report prepared by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) found ...

Solar installations see major growth in US

Sustainable Business Oregon -
Solar installations in the U.S. grew significantly last quarter, particularly in California. A new report from GTM Research released Monday found that new photovoltaic installations totaled 742 megawatts in the second quarter of 2012, up 45 percent over the first ...

US solar market grows in Q2

Northern Colorado Business Report -
The U.S. solar market grew 116 percent in the second quarter vs. the same period last year, thanks in part to a record 477 megawatts of utility-scale solar installations, the Solar Energy Industries Association said Monday. The industry installed a total of 742 ...

California's 1 Gigawatt Solar Milestone: What Does It Mean?

Greentech Media -
Topping one gigawatt in solar power production on a hot August day was a milestone that both shows how far California has come with solar power and how far it has to go. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), which runs the state's grid, ...

Arizona jumps to second on solar installation list for 2Q

Los Angeles Business from bizjournals -
First Solar. Panels from Tempe-based First Solar. Patrick O'Grady: Reporter- Phoenix Business Journal: Email | Twitter. Arizona finally placed ahead of New Jersey in terms of solar installations in the second quarter as utility-scale operations drove the state to ...

Solar on the Rise In Q2

Revmodo -
Solar on the Rise In Q2. If you feel like you've been seeing more shiny solar panels popping up on roofs lately, you're not wrong. Photovoltaic installations in the US totaled 742 megawatts in the second quarter of the year, making it the second-best quarter for ...

See where NM ranked as solar installations rose nationwide

New Mexico Business Weekly -
New Mexico ranked ninth in the U.S. for solar photovoltaic panel installations in Q2 2012, according to a report released by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. The report said PV installation in Q2 2012 totaled 742 megawatts ...

US Q2 PV installations surge on strength of utility market

Recharge -
US Q2 PV installations surge on strength of utility market. US second quarter photovoltaic installations surged 116% to 742MW from 343.2MW in the same year-ago period, propelled by a record 477MW in the utility-scale market, according to data compiled by ...

US Q2 solar panel installations more than double year-on-year: SEIA

Platts -
US Q2 solar panel installations more than double year-on-year: SEIA. Washington (Platts)--10Sep2012/137 pm EDT/1737 GMT. US solar panel installations in the 2012 second quarter more than doubled year-on-year to 742 MW, led by demand in California, ...

U.S. Solar Installations Will Drop in 2013 (FSLR, SPWR, TSL, STP, LDK, JASO ...

24/7 Wall St. -
The U.S. solar PV market rose sharply in the second quarter of 2012, compared both to the previous quarter and year-over-year. Total solar PV installations in the U.S. during the second quarter amounted to 741.7 megawatts, up from 512 megawatts in the first ...

US On Track to Install 3 GW of Solar PV in 2012

Treehugger -
Image: ricketyrus via Flickr/CC BY 2.0. New figures from from SEIA show that the US is on track to install roughly 3 gigawatts of solar photovoltaics in 2012, should the level of growth show in the first two quarters of the year continue. In Q2 of this year solar PV ...

US Solar Market Spikes in Q2 2012

Solar Novus Today (blog) -
GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today released “US Solar Market Insight: 2nd Quarter 2012.” The report finds that US solar achieved its second-best quarter in history, having installed 742 megawatts (MW) of solar power, ...

Report: U.S. Solar Market Spikes in Q2 2012, More than Doubling Q2 2011 ...

Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) -
Supported by a record 477 MW of utility-scale installations, the U.S. solar market in Q2 2012 grew by 45% over Q1 2012 and 116% over Q2 2011, according to latest U.S. Solar Market Insight® Report. Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) September 10, 2012 ...

US solar installations to reach 3.2 GW in 2012

Optics.org -
The US witnessed a major increase in deployments of large-scale solar photovoltaics in the second quarter of 2012, according to a new report. Produced by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) industry group – which opposed the recent ...

Utility solar achieves best quarter in history

Power Engineering Magazine -
The U.S. achieved its best quarter in history for the utility solar sector in the second quarter of 2012, according to a report by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). According to the report, “U.S. Solar Market Insight: 2nd Quarter ...

US solar installations soar, as Solyndra row rumbles on

Business Green -
The US solar industry delivered a record quarter between April and June, installing 477MW of utility-scale solar capacity, according to figures released today by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The report, entitled US Solar ...

Obama's Solar Fail

Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
Today's Wall Street Journal has good news from the solar industry. Following major scandals from 2011, the solar industry is set for a record year in 2012, with an estimated 2,500 megawatts of power projected for installation. . .http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/09/10/obamas-solar-fail/

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