Solar in Massachusetts
Massachusetts is known for being the landing place of the Mayflower, home to the first subway, and birthplace of four presidents. But one thing residents may not be aware of is that their home state was ranked sixth nationally for producing solar energy in 2016.
Massachusetts has a proud history of investment in renewable energy and the state now has roughly 15,095 people working within the solar industry. Companies in the Massachusetts solar market not only install solar arrays for residential areas and businesses, they also manufacture components for solar panels.
Ranked Sixth for Solar in the U.S.
In 2015, Massachusetts produced 9.4% of its electricity using renewable energy resources, with about two-thirds of that from solar, wind and biomass.
Massachusetts earned its impressive solar ranking with a total solar capacity of 1,199 MW, of which, 309 MW can be found in residential installations, 811 MW in commercial installations and 78 MW in utility-scale investments.
Massachusetts’ solar capacity is large enough to supply 191,000 homes with renewable energy and this number will continue to rise over the next five years as a proposed 2,430 MW of solar electric capacity is added to the state—more than 3 times the amount of solar installed over the last 5 years.
Part of the reason for this dramatic rise in solar capability is the low cost of solar installations which have dropped significantly in the past five years, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
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