The 20 top cities have a total installed solar PV capacity of more than 800MW and are located in almost every region of the United States, according to the ranking, part of a study, “Shining Cities: At the Forefront of America’s Solar Energy Revolution.”

With one-tenth of one percent of the country’s land area, the top 20 cities contain 7% of solar PV capacity in the US – more solar power today than was installed nationwide six years ago.

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