California all by itself has more than a million installations and its new home solar mandate will continue the trend of the state being a leader in solar.
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With more than 21 000 megawatts of installed solar capacity california easily leads all fifty u s.
The top five states were nevada california hawaii arizona and new jersey with 23 10 14 50 14 50 14 10 and 13 00 of the schools in the respective states that had installations.
Despite pushback from utilities and the public utility commission that has cast a cloud over solar in the state nevada still has the most solar capacity per capita in the us with 1 240 mw of solar energy for its 2 84 million residents enough to power 191 000 homes.