{"id":251736,"date":"2024-05-28T07:09:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T07:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/now-5-million-solar-installations-across-usa-5x-more-than-in-2016\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T07:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T07:09:48","slug":"now-5-million-solar-installations-across-usa-5x-more-than-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/now-5-million-solar-installations-across-usa-5x-more-than-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Now 5 Million Solar Installations Across USA, 5\u00d7 More Than In 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!<\/em><\/p>\n The U.S. solar power industry, particularly the rooftop arm of the industry, is going through a bit of a tough time at the moment. The country\u2019s biggest solar market \u2014 by far \u2014 is California, and the industry there has been hit quite hard by the huge solar policy downgrade to \u201cNet Metering 3.0.\u201d<\/p>\n Nonetheless, there\u2019s a lot to celebrate when it comes to solar power progress in the United States. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) recently reported that the country has passed 5 million solar installations. Five million!<\/p>\n Perhaps more interesting and telling \u2014 this is a 5\u00d7 increase from the 1 million solar installations the country had reached in 2016. Solar power has been growing fast in the country. Can we double that 5 million in another 8 years? Can we double it…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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