Installations
also
rose
45%
from
512MW
in
the
first
quarter.
First
half
installations
were
1.254GW,
more
than
double
622.7MW
a
year
earlier.
“More
solar
was
installed
in
the
U.S.
this
quarter
than
in
all
of
2009,
led
for
the
first
time
by
record-setting
utility-scale
projects.
With
costs
continuing
to
come
down,
solar
is
affordable
today
for
more
homes,
businesses,
utilities,
and
the
military,”
says
SEIA
chief
executive
Rhone
Resch.
The
US
on
30
June
had
5.7GW
of
installed
solar
capacity
including
5.161GW
of
PV
and
546MW
of
concentrating
solar
power
(CSP),
enough
to…
