North America Solar to Exceed Germany in 2012: Chart of the Day
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North America is set to overtake Germany for the first time in 13 years to become the biggest market for new photovoltaic installations, Barclays Capital estimates.
The CHART OF THE DAY shows 4,455 megawatts of solar panels will be hooked up on roofs and fields in the U.S. and Canada in 2012 and 3,500 megawatts in Germany, according to projections by the unit of Barclays Plc. North America last topped Germany in 1999, when the three nations together fitted less than 40 megawatts, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.