California Breaks Solar Record in August

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solarfeeds.com 16 Sep '12, 12am

California Breaks Solar Record in August

Earlier this week, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) reported that more solar was installed in the second quarter of 2012 than during all of 2009, thanks in part to California’s solar activity. California installed 217 MW in the second quarter, according to SEIA’s report and the state’s power grid operator just announced solar generation topped 1,003 MW in August , a new peak record. The state has an aggressive renewable portfolio standard (RPS)–utilities are required to get 33 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2020. In order to meet that goal, transmission companies are upgrading power lines around the state over the next several years. These upgrades will allow more than 22,000MW of additional clean power to be transmitted throughout California. There is a lot of renewable potential waiting to come online in California. The state’s Independent...

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