Photovoltaics
US Photovoltaics Capacity (MWp) | |||||||||
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2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | |
Total | 138.8 | 117.3 | 100.1 | 88.2 | 76.5 | 66.8 | 57.8 | 50.3 | 43.5 |
Installed | 21.5 | 17.2 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
US Photovoltaics Capacity (MWp) | ||||||||||||
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2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | |
Total | 7,221 | 4,383 | 2,534 | 1,641.6 | 1,168.5 | 830.5 | 624 | 479 | 376 | 275.2 | 212.2 | 167.8 |
Installed | 3,313 | 1,855 | 918 | 473.1 | 338 | 206.5 | 145 | 103 | 100.8 | 63.0 | 44.4 | 29 |
US Grid Connected Photovoltaics Capacity (MWp) | ||||||
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No | Jurisdiction | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
1 | California | 1,563.6 | 1,021.7 | 768.0 | 528.3 | 328.8 |
2 | New Jersey | 565.9 | 259.9 | 127.5 | 70.2 | 43.6 |
3 | Arizona | 397.6 | 109.8 | 46.2 | 25.3 | 18.9 |
4 | Colorado | 196.7 | 121.1 | 59.1 | 35.7 | 14.6 |
5 | New Mexico | 165.5 | 43.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
6 | Pennsylvania | 133.1 | 54.8 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 0.9 |
7 | Nevada | 124.1 | 104.7 | 36.4 | 34.2 | 18.8 |
8 | New York | 123.8 | 55.5 | 33.9 | 21.9 | 15.4 |
9 | Florida | 95.0 | 73.5 | 38.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
10 | Texas | 85.6 | 34.5 | 8.6 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
11 | North Carolina | 85.5 | 40.0 | 12.5 | 4.7 | 0.7 |
12 | Hawaii | 85.2 | 44.7 | 26.2 | 13.5 | 4.5 |
13 | Massachusetts | 74.6 | 38.2 | 17.7 | 7.5 | 4.6 |
14 | Maryland | 37.1 | 12.8 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
15 | Oregon | 35.8 | 23.9 | 14.0 | 7.7 | 2.8 |
16 | Ohio | 31.6 | 20.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
17 | Connecticut | 31.1 | 24.6 | 19.7 | 8.8 | 2.8 |
18 | Delaware | 26.5 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
19 | Tennessee | 22.0 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
20 | Illinois | 16.2 | 15.5 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
21 | Louisiana | 13.4 | 2.6 | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
22 | Wisconsin | 12.9 | 8.7 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 1.4 |
23 | Washington | 12.3 | 8.0 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 1.9 |
24 | Vermont | 11.7 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
25 | Washington, D.C.D.C. | 11.6 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
26 | Michigan | 8.8 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
27 | Georgia | 6.9 | 1.8 | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
28 | Minnesota | 4.8 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
29 | Virginia | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
30 | Utah | 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
31 | South Carolina | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
32 | Indiana | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
33 | Kentucky | 3.3 | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
34 | New Hampshire | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
35 | Missouri | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
36 | Rhode Island | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
37 | Arkansas | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
38 | Maine | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
39 | Montana | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
40 | Mississippi | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
41 | West Virginia | 0.6 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
42 | Alabama | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
43 | Idaho | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
44 | Nebraska | 0.3 | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
45 | Kansas | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
46 | Oklahoma | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
47 | Wyoming | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
48 | Iowa | 0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
49 | Alaska | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
50 | North Dakota | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
51 | South Dakota | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
United States | 4,010.7 | 2,165.7 | 1,261.6 | 791.7 | 474.8 |
The U.S. had approximately 440 MW of off-grid photovoltaics as of the end of 2010. Through the end of 2005, a majority of photovoltaics in the United States was off-grid.
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