Featured in Gas busters – 09-2020

Texas will outshine California in 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cast a cloud on industries around the world, but the U.S. utility-scale solar segment is still growing, writes IHS Markit solar analyst Maria J. Chea. Around 3 GW of solar PV is set to be installed this year in Texas alone, but opportunities also abound across several other southern U.S. states.

In the southern United States, solar PV project installations have surged, mainly through utility-driven demand. IHS Markit forecasts that the southeastern and southwestern parts of the country will account for 31% and 23% of total utility-scale demand from 2020 through 2024, respectively. Opportunities for large utility-scale PV projects in the south are vast, given the …

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