The latest quarterly study by the Solar Energy IndustriesAssociation (SEIA) and GTM Research says the US is on track to install almost 4.3GWof new PV in 2013 as a whole.
The third-quarter PV installations represented a 20% uplift on Q2’sfigure and a 35% year-on-year increase, and were the second-largest quarterly additions on record.
They included a record 186MW in the residential sector and a “consistentlystrong” showing from the utility PV segment.
Only the non-residential mid-market was hit by downturns in New Jersey and Hawaii.
National average system prices fell by 4.2%quarter-on-quarter,
