The US installed 4.6GW of new solar capacity on a direct current basis in the third quarter, a 17% decrease from a year earlier as the industry struggled with ongoing supply chain constraints and trade law enforcement actions, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie (Woodmac) and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

Deployment of utility-scale solar, the largest of four segments tracked in the report, plummeted 36% to 2.5GW