U.S. solar installations grows 85 percent in first

Developers installed 85 percent more solar panels in the United States in the first quarter than a year earlier, led by strong growth in commercial projects and demand, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.Total U.S. installations were 506 megawatts in the quarter and may reach 3,300 megawatts this year, about 11 percent of the 2012 global market, the Washington-based trade group said last week in its quarterly market report.That will make the U.S. the fourth-largest solar market this year, and one of the few countries where growth is expected to continue for the foreseeable future, according to GTM Research, a Boston consulting company that prepared the report with SEIA.

Middle Georgia has certainly done its part to be part of this growth.

Damaste Real Estate installed downtown Macon’s first solar panels in April on top of the parking deck at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Cherry Street. All the lighting for the parking deck is supplied through solar panels now.
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