Last year was a good one for U.S. community solar. Utilities and third-party developers completed 343 megawatts of projects, a strong increase from the 125 megawatts completed in 2015.
By 2019, the yearly market will reach half a gigawatt. That means one-fifth of all non-residential installations will be community solar projects.
But look behind the numbers and you’ll quickly see that the market for shared solar projects is incredibly lumpy.
