US wholesale solar power sales in 2020 increased 25% compared with 2019, reflecting the increase of solar generation that was installed during the year, according to data reported to government agencies including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and compiled by S&P Global Platts. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The wholesale sales of power from solar facilities totaled just under 60 million MWh in 2020 compared to about 48 million MWh in 2019. According to the data, sales just in Q4 2020 were up 30.5% year on year to 12.3 million MWh from 9.4 million MWh in Q4 2019. New utility-scale solar installations across the country in 2020 totaled nearly 12 GW, according to the Energy Information Administration. The EIA has estimated that 15.4 GW of new solar capacity could be installed in 2021. Much of the power generated by large […]