New US solar additions blew past wind and natural gas last year, making 2016 the first year in history in which solar was the country’s largest source of new electric-generation capacity.

The US added 14.6GW of new solar capacity last year, a stunning 95% increase on the 7.5GW the country put up in 2015, itself a record, according to new figures from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association.

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