In the first quarter of the year, traditionally the slowest for solar additions, the US installed 1.3GW of PV capacity, accounting for 51% of new power-generation capacity added across the country.
More residential PV was added during the quarter than natural gas capacity, and the same was true for utility-scale PV, GTM Research says.
While the utility-scale PV market is expected to boom over the next 18 months ahead of the step-down of the investment tax credit (ITC), the biggest growth during the first quarter came from the residential rooftop market.
