Solar Power Soars in United States; Top 10 Solar Projects Under Construction
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The United States added a staggering 3.3 gigawatts of solar power capacity in 2012, according to GTM Research.
To put the scale of solar power’s rapid and relentless expansion in perspective, the solar power capacity added in 2012 was greater than all of the solar power capacity added for the three previous years combined. If you’re not impressed yet, consider the swell of super-sized solar energy projects scheduled to come online in the US over the next few years.
Indeed, nine of the top 10 largest solar power projects currently under development are located in the US, according to SolarPlaza.
First Solar, the Tempe, AZ-based solar manufacturing giant, is developing three of the largest solar power farms in the world currently under construction – the Topaz Solar Farm in San Luis Obispo County, CA, theDesert Sunlight Solar Farm in Riverside County, CA, and the Agua Caliente Solar Project in Yuma County, AZ. These three projects alone will have a combined capacity of nearly one and a half gigawatts of electric power when they are completed.
Like First Solar, Sempra Generation and SunPower also have mega scale solar projects in the pipeline in California and Arizona.
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