Arizona Solar MarketArizona is a prominent state in terms of solar power with rapidly growing PV segment. Two of the top 20 largest utility-scale solar projects proposed for Arizona use PV technology, namely, Gila Bend, 500WM and Saddle Mountain 300MW facilities in Maricopa county.
But recent abandonment of concentrated solar power technology in favor of PV by Solar Millennium in its Blythe Solar Power Project in California shows ever increasing attractiveness of PV technology for developers.
Renewable Energy Standard: 15% generated from renewable sources by 2015.
Distributed generation must account for 30% (or 4.5% of total retail sales in 2025)
Source: DSIRE Solar, Incentives/Policies for Renewables & Efficiency
Installed solar PV capacity in 2010 was 60MW.
Estimated capacity to be added in 2011 is 183.3MW, 205.5% increase.
Source: Photon magazine 2011, issue 9
