<sod>'''Solar power in the United States''' includes utility-scale [[solar power plant]]s as well as local [[distributed generation]], mostly from rooftop [[photovoltaics]]. As of the end of 2015, the U.S. has 25 [[gigawatt]]s (GW) of installed photovoltaic capacity with an additional 1.8 GW of [[concentrated solar power]].<ref name= "GTM2015">[https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/us-solar-market-sets-new-record-installing-7.3-gw-of-solar-pv-in-2015 US Solar Market Sets New Record, Installing 7.3GW of Solar PV in 2015], Greentech Media, Mike Munsell, February 22, 2016</ref> In the twelve months through December 2015, utility scale solar power generated 26.5 [[terawatt-hour]]s (TWh), 0.65% of total U.S. electricity. During the same time period total solar generation, including estimated distributed solar photovoltaic generation, was 38.6 TWh, 0.94% of total U.S. electricity. <ref>US Energy Information Administration, [http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_1_a Table 1.1.A. Net Generation by Other Renewable Sources: Total (All Sectors), 2003-July 2013], [http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_1 Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2003-Dec2013], accessed 1. dec 2015.</ref> In 2015 30% of all new electricity generation capacity in the country came from solar.<ref name= "GTM2015" /><eod>
<sod>'''Solar power in the United States''' includes utility-scale [[solar power plant]]s as well as local [[distributed generation]], mostly from rooftop [[photovoltaics]]. As of the end of 2015, the U.S. has 25 [[gigawatt]]s (GW) of installed photovoltaic capacity with an additional 1.8 GW of [[concentrated solar power]].<ref name= "GTM2015">[https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/us-solar-market-sets-new-record-installing-7.3-gw-of-solar-pv-in-2015 US Solar Market Sets New Record, Installing 7.3GW of Solar PV in 2015], Greentech Media, Mike Munsell, February 22, 2016</ref> In the twelve months through December 2015, utility scale solar power generated 26.5 [[terawatt-hour]]s (TWh), 0.65% of total U.S. electricity. During the same time period total solar generation, including estimated distributed solar photovoltaic generation, was 38.6 TWh, 0.94% of total U.S. electricity. <ref>US Energy Information Administration, [http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_1_a Table 1.1.A. Net Generation by Other Renewable Sources: Total (All Sectors), 2003-July 2013], [http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_1 Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2003-Dec2013], accessed 1. dec 2015.</ref> In 2015, 30% of all new electricity generation capacity in the country came from solar.<ref name= "GTM2015" /><eod>