Solar is gaining some serious ground.
This week the U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced that new solar power capacity outpaced the new generating capacity of natural gas in 2015.
SEIA says 7.3 gigawatts of solar PV were installed in the U.S. last year, accounting for 29.5 per cent of the country’s new electric generating capacity.
The country’s solar industry grew 17 per cent over 2014, according to SEIA. The lion’s share of the solar energy additions came from the residential housing market, at 29 per cent of the national solar market.
“We’re only getting started,” said SEIA president Rhone Resch in a release. “Over the next few years we’re going to see solar reach unprecedented heights as our nation makes a shift toward a carbon-free source of energy that also serves as an economic job-creating engine.”
The Conservation Council is involved in raising the profile of solar and other forms of renewable energy here at home through our Renewables Solution NB project.
