Solar Inequity

摘要

Solar power accounted for more than a third of new generation built in the U.S. during the first nine months of 2014. What's more, the U.S. installed more than 1,300 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the third quarter, up 41 percent compared with the same quarter in 2013, making it the second largest quarter for solar installations in the history of this emerging market. In just five years, U.S. solar capacity has grown a whopping 993 percent to 17,500 MW. The growth stems from subsidies for rooftop solar panels and net metering programs that require utilities to purchase the excess power produced by homes and businesses at a set retail rate.