LET THE SUNSHINE IN: America's Solar Boom, in Charts

LET THE SUNSHINE IN

CHARTS TELL AN AMAZING SOLAR STORY

I was amazed when I saw the way this was put together in charts. As they say pictures are worth a thousand words. ENJOY!

Charts from Article In Mother Jones

—By Tim McDonnell

| Fri Nov. 7, 2014 6:30 AM EST

Sources

Solar growth: Solar Energy Industries Association

New solar installations: SEIA

Sunlight: Sandia National Lab, Energy Information Administration/National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Electricity generating capacity: SEIA

Carbon savings, electricity demand: SEIA, EIA/NREL

Installed PV capacity: International Energy Agency

Solar jobs: The Solar Foundation, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Solar panels on a typical house: NREL

Panel cost, VC funding: Greenpeace; Mercom Capital Group (2013 & 2014)

Image credits: Shutterstock (Earth, USA); Maurizio Fusillo/Noun Project (solar panel); Okan Benn/Noun Project (car); Q. Li/Noun Project (chart); Sergey Krivoy/Noun Project (coal trolley); Marcio Duarte/Noun Project (worker); Alex Berkowitz/Noun Project (cash)