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U.S. renewable energy: cumulative solar PV capacity through 2017

Cumulative solar PV capacity in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in megawatts)

The data describes U.S. cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity between 2000 and 2017. In the U.S., cumulative solar PV capacity installations surpassed the one gigawatt mark in 2009, reaching 51.6 gigawatts in 2017.

2000 18
2001 29
2002 52
2003 97
2004 155
2005 234
2006 339
2007 499
2008 797
2009 1182
2010 2031
2011 3952
2012 7325
2013 12091
2014 18335
2015 25835
2016 40963
2017 51571