While 2016 is expected to eclipse the 10-gigawatt annual mark for the first time ever, and by a wide margin, three trends are expected to shape the near-term U.S. solar market outlook. Looking ahead to 2017, each of these trends raises challenging questions that will shape to the extent to which utility, non-residential, and residential solar will grow (or fall) over the next few years.
Despite dirt-cheap PPA pricing, the utility PV segment is struggling to reboot procurement
Despite PPA pricing consistently ranging between $35 and $60 per megawatt-hour, the uptick in new utility offtakers has only partly countered the demand rollback from utilities that over-procured in the past couple of years.
