SLN Energy Report: US Utility-scale solar has all-time best year in 2014
2014 bested the nearly 3.4 GW installed in 2013 by 10% and brought the U.S. to a total of 10.6 GW of operating utility-scale solar capacity, according to a recent report released by SNL Energy.
According to SNL Energy’s latest report, with more than 3.7 GW installed, 2014 was the best year yet for utility-scale solar installations, besting the nearly 3.4 GW installed in 2013 by 10% and bringing the U.S. to a total of 10.6 GW of operating utility-scale solar capacity.
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The 280-MW Abengoa Mojave Solar was the largest of the 109 utility-scale solar project phases completed in the fourth quarter of 2014. The San Bernardino County, Calif. solar thermal trough facility is owned by Abengoa SA subsidiary Abengoa Yield Plc, and has a 25-year power purchase agreement with PG&E Corp. subsidiary Pacific Gas and Electric Co. The project received a $1.2 billion loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy in September 2011.
The above is an excerpt of Utility-scale solar has all-time best year with over 3.7 GW installed in 2014 by Charlotte Cox for SLN via PRWeb. Image Credit: James Moran via Flickr.
