The
new
capacity
marked
a
75%
increase
on
2011's
figure
of
1.89GW
of
new
additions,
bringing
the
country’s
total
installed
PV
base
to
7.2GW.
By
contrast,
the
US
added
more
than
13GW
of
wind
last
year
–
a
92%
rise
on
2011's
6.8GW
–
driven
by
uncertainty
over
the
Production
Tax
Credit,
according
to
the
Global
Wind
Energy
Council.
California
led
the
US
solar
market
with
1.03GW
of
new
capacity,
followed
by
Arizona
(710MW)
and
New
Jersey
(415MW).
Nevada,
North
Carolina,
Massachusetts,
Hawaii,
Maryland,
Texas
and
New
York
rounded
out
the
top
10
state…
