Centralized Solar Projects Update Bulletin – 2013 Year in Review

2013 was a banner year for the solar industry

2013 set a record for the solar industry, including a year-over-year increase of 38 percent. Installed capacity in the fourth quarter of 2013 alone accounted for over 74% of total installed capacity in 2012.

Opportunities for continued solar growth and implications for the grid

Based on the trends, SEPA expands on the potential for solar as a grid resource and how grid operators will soon need a path of transition to predicting, controlling, and even storing solar energy as customer-sited and utility installations continue to be commissioned.