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Global Solar Power Passes 100,000 Megawatt Milestone and Continues to Increase Rapidly

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Image via Flickr The sun is shining on solar energy across the world. In 2012, a record  31,100 megawatts of solar photovoltaics (PV) was installed, pushing the total global solar power capacity past 100,000 megawatts. Now, new reports from the Earth Policy Institute and Worldwatch Institute find that more countries are getting into the solar power game as costs come down and installations ramp up. Solar PV installed capacity increased by 41 percent in 2012 alone, with more than 30 countries now claiming capacity of over 100 megawatts—a figure that is projected to double by 2018. Read the rest of Global Solar Power Passes 100,000 Megawatt Milestone and Continues to Increase Rapidly Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “solar energy” , china , germany , italy , megawatts , Solar Power , solar PV capacity , united states , world solar        

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