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Solar 101

1.1 Solar By the Numbers: 2025

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Source: IREC National Solar Jobs Census; other data from SEIA/Wood Mackenzie Solar Market Insight Report and the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

General U.S. Solar Stats #

  • 280,119 employed in the solar industry
    • 10,000+ solar businesses across the U.S.
  • 279.2 GW of total installed solar capacity
    • 5,971,990 solar energy systems installed nationwide
  • $67.6B in projected solar investment for 2025
    • 41 states have a solar or battery manufacturing facility

Top 10 States by Cumulative Solar Capacity #

  1. California – 55,056 MW
  2. Texas – 51,902 MW
  3. Florida – 20,936 MW
  4. North Carolina – 9,668 MW
  5. Arizona – 11,414 MW
  6. Nevada – 8,217 MW
  7. New York – 7,922 MW
  8. Georgia – 7,670 MW
  9. Virginia – 7,569 MW
  10. 1Illinois – 7,427 MW

Top Corporate Solar & Renewable Procurement Leaders #

  1. Amazon
  2. Meta
  3. Google
  4. Microsoft
  5. Apple
  6. Walmart
  7. Verizon
  8. General Motors
  9. Ford
  10. Digital Realty

Leading Corporate Solar Users for On-Site Solar Capacity 2025 #

According to the latest Solar Energy Industries Association Solar Means Business rankings, the top companies for on-site solar capacity were:

  1. Target
  2. Prologis
  3. Walmart
  4. Amazon
  5. Apple
  6. IKEA
  7. Google
  8. Home Depot
  9. FedEx
  10. Kohl’s

Industry Growth & Manufacturing #

  • Solar now provides nearly 9% of U.S. electricity – over 7× its share a decade ago
  • U.S. module manufacturing capacity exceeds 66 GW, growing nearly 6× over the past two years
  • 54% of new electric capacity in 2025 came from solar
  • 70% of planned grid additions through 2030 are solar or storage

Impact & Future Outlook #

  • Enough solar is installed to power 47 million U.S. households
  • 11% of U.S. homes will have a solar PV system by 2030
  • The solar market has experienced 28% average annual growth over the past decade
  • 769 GW of new solar capacity will be installed by 2036
  • In 2025, a new solar project was installed every 59 seconds

Energy Storage Highlights #

  • 44 GWh of utility-scale storage in operation
  • Nearly 500,000 homes have solar + battery systems
  • 28% of residential solar systems installed in 2024 included battery storage

Want to understand the financial incentives behind these numbers?
Jump to What Solar Incentives Are Available, and How Do They Work? to explore tax credits and other benefits driving solar adoption.   

Curious how these installations impact electricity bills?
See After Solar: How Your Bill Changes for examples of post-solar savings.