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The US has added more solar power than any other type of electricity in 2018 so far -- more evidence
The US has added more solar power than any other type of electricity in 2018 so far — more evidence of an energy revolutionhttp://www.thisisinsider.com/more-solar-power-than-any-type-of-electricity-2018-6
The US added more solar power than any other type of electricity in the first quarter of 2018.
According to a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), a nonprofit group, the US solar market added 2.5 gigawatts of new capacity in the first three months of 2018, up 13% from the first quarter of 2017.
That accounts for 55% of all US electricity added in the first quarter of 2018, including fossil fuels and other forms of renewable energy.
"This data shows that solar has become a common-sense option for much of the US and is too strong to be set back for long," SEIA CEO Abigail Ross Hopper said in a statement.
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