- The number of people employed by the solar industry increased in 42 states in 2022. California added the most with 2,404 new solar jobs.
- Solar is the electric power generation technology that employs the most workers. There were 12,000 new jobs in solar in 2022 (+3.7% growth).
- Solar is set to account for 67% of the growth in renewable energy capacity in 2023.
- New solar additions are expected to break another record in 2023 with a nearly 200-gigawatt increase.
- The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed in August 2022, further incentivizes solar installations. Experts say that the increase in solar installations between 2023 and 2027 will be 40% because of IRA (Inflation Reduction Act).
- The average cost of a residential solar system costs in the united states was $10,290–$20,580 in 2023.
- Solar energy also accounted for the forty-five percent of the capacity added to the U.S. electrical grid in the first half of 2023 was from solar.
- New renewable capacity additions are set to increase by 107 GW in 2023, the largest increase ever. There were a lot of issues including construction delays, supply chain bottlenecks and high prices but still it would be record breaking growth.
- After research it was found that Only 0.03% of the solar energy available in the U.S. is harnessed to generate electricity. The U.S. Department of Energy found that, of the solar energy technologies assessed, only 133 terawatt-hours of solar energy were produced in 2020 despite 386,646 terawatt-hours of potential solar energy being available.
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9 Solar Statistics of 2023 Every Solar Company Should Know
