California had a banner year in solar installations in 2012, bringing the state 391 megawatts closer to its goal to install 3,000 megawatts by 2017. According to a California Solar Initiative progress report by the Public Utilities Commission, those additions represent a 26% growth from 2011. The state is now equipped to produce 1,629 megawatts of solar energy across completed projects at nearly 168,000 sites -- enough to power 150,000 homes. Evan Gillespie, a deputy director with the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, said the progress was significant. “We had our largest year ever for rooftop solar with nearly 400 megawatts. That’s more than most states have to...
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