Solar Top 10: SEPA List Details Key Utility Trends

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renewableenergyworld.com 19 Apr '12, 5pm

Solar Top 10: SEPA List Details Key Utility Trends

Large-scale solar farms make the headlines, but smaller installations remain the bread-and-butter of the industry. In 2011, utilities interconnected over 62,500 PV systems. Thirteen utilities interconnected more than 1,000 PV systems and 22 interconnected more than 500 systems. According to the report, this volume of smaller, distributed interconnections is unlike anything the utility industry has previously managed. It’ll be interesting to see how these numbers fare next year and in 2013 when the impacts of the recently expired Section 1603 grant will be felt. Utilities play a far greater role than interconnection. Utility procurement and ownership continue to become fundamental parts of the solar equation. Direct wholesale purchases and utility ownership represented 39 percent of the new solar capacity in 2011, versus 9 percent in 2008. New solar markets are starting to ...

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