TVA is also accepting applications under Solar Solutions Initiative for projects 50kW-1MW. Approvals will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. TVA website shows program is 75% subscribed.

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GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) have released the 2013 Year-in-Review U.S. Solar Market Insight report. 

Key findings from report:

• There are now over 13,000 MW of cumulative solar electric capacity operating in the U.S., enough to power more than 2.2 million average American homes.
• There were 140,000 new solar installations in the U.S. during 2013, bringing the total to over 445,000 PV systems operating today.
• The U.S. installed 4,751 MW of solar PV in 2013, up 41% over 2012 and nearly 15 times the amount installed in 2008.
• More solar has been installed in the last 18 months in the U.S. than in the 30 years prior. 
• Solar accounted for 29% of all new electricity generation capacity in 2013, up from 10% in 2012. This made solar the second-largest source of new generating capacity behind natural gas.
• Solar accounted for 92% of new electric generation in Tennessee in 2013. 
• Year-over-year, the national average PV installed system price declined by 15%.
• The average price of a solar panel has declined by 60 percent since the beginning of 2011.

FIGURE: U.S. PV Installations by Quarter, Q1 2010-Q4 2013

FIGURE: U.S. PV Installations and System Price, 2000-2013

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