Tag: GTM Research
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Small solar installers, system ownership biggest winners in down residential solar market
GTM Research keeps the books on the solar market place. According to its U.S. Residential Solar Update 2017, the second half of 2016 showed the first big decline for the U.S. residential solar market. That looks like a negative, and for the largest installation companies out there, it is, butRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Winning the Midwest: We look at how a new solar market is forming in the Midwest
You’ve probably heard, but more solar is being installed than ever before. As the cost of solar dropped the last decade, the economic case in areas of the country with high electricity prices was simple. This isn’t the case in the Midwest, where energy costs are lower, which keeps everyoneRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Utilities are dramatically increasing investments in distributed energy
Investment in distributed energy companies has tripled in value in North American and Europe since 2010, and over $1 billion in investment has come in 2016 alone. GTM Research just released a study, Utility Investments in Distributed Energy: Trends Among North American and European Utilities, that illustrates the substantive capitalRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar stronger than ever? Q3 2016 breaks PV installation record, but residential slows
The United States solar market just shattered all previous quarterly solar photovoltaic installation records. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) Q4 2016 U.S. Solar Market Insight report, 4,143 megawatts (MW) of solar PV were installed in the U.S. in the third quarter of the year,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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The key to continued solar industry growth? Regional installers
In our Sept./Oct. issue, we looked at the trendlines in leasing vs. owning a PV system — a trendline that is moving more and more toward owning. One of the outcomes of this trend, we think, is the boost it would provide the smaller, local solar installer side of theRead More — Solar Builder magazine