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Solar Energy Generation by State

Check out how your state is performing on this green technology

Updated:06/06/2023

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June Solar Generation by State Report


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California once again takes first place among states generating electricity from solar power this month. The Golden State produced more than 28% of the U.S. total of 18,379 thousand megawatt-hours, according to ChooseEnergy.com®’s June Solar Generation Report. The report is an analysis of the most recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Following is a breakdown of the rest of the states (all shown in thousand megawatt-hours) using the EIA’s most recent data from March 2023:

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  1. Top 10 states generating electricity from solar
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  3. Solar power by state
  4. States with the highest percentage of power from solar
  5. Top 10 states for percentage of total electricity from solar
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Top 10 states generating electricity from solar

State March solar generation % of U.S. total generation
California 5,053 27.5%
Texas 2,162 11.8%
Florida 1,628 8.9%
North Carolina 1,021 5.6%
Arizona 946 5.1%
Nevada 837 4.6%
Georgia 671 3.7%
New York 541 2.9%
Virginia 510 2.8%
Massachusetts 499 2.7%
New Jersey 455 2.5%
Colorado 356 1.9%

U.S. solar generation of electricity experienced an impressive increase from February to March, rising 33.2% nationwide. Of the states generating a significant amount of solar power, every state produced more solar in March compared to the previous month.

The following table shows solar generation by state for February and March, and the percentage change from month to month. States are listed in order of the amount of solar power they produced (including thermal), shown in thousand megawatt-hours.

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Solar power by state

State February solar generation March solar generation % change
California 3,937 5,053 28.3%
Texas 1,541 2,162 40.3%
Florida 1,275 1,628 27.7%
North Carolina 713 1,021 43.2%
Arizona 760 946 24.5%
Nevada 669 837 25.1%
Georgia 500 671 34.2%
New York 386 541 40.2%
Virginia 327 510 56%
Massachusetts 308 499 62%
New Jersey 331 455 37.5%
Colorado 288 356 23.6%
Utah 294 353 20.1%
Illinois 205 259 26.3%
South Carolina 189 251 32.8%
New Mexico 166 209 25.9%
Maryland 150 198 32%
Minnesota 139 193 38.8%
Hawaii 131 162 23.7%
Oregon 117 156 33.3%
Connecticut 103 146 41.7%
Indiana 108 142 31.5%
Michigan 89 128 43.8%
Oklahoma 99 121 22.2%
Pennsylvania 83 119 43.4%
Wisconsin 95 118 24.2%
Ohio 78 105 34.6%
Maine 65 92 41.5%
Rhode Island 64 86 34.4%
Arkansas 60 85 41.7%
Tennessee 46 84 82.6%
Idaho 60 75 25%
Iowa 54 72 33.3%
Washington 50 71 42%
Missouri 53 69 30.2%
Mississippi 37 54 45.9%
Louisiana 38 48 26.3%
Vermont 25 35 40%
Delaware 21 30 42.9%
Kentucky 17 24 41.2%
Montana 6 21 250%
Wyoming 12 18 50%
Kansas 12 15 25%
Nebraska 8 10 25%
West Virginia 3 4 33.3%
U.S. 13,794 18,379 33.2%

States with the highest percentage of power from solar

Nationally, solar accounted for about 5.6% of the electricity produced in March. California normally tops this list, but in March, Massachusetts produced the largest percentage of electricity from solar. Following are the states that produced the largest percentage of their power from solar:

Top 10 states for percentage of total electricity from solar

State % of state generation
Massachusetts 34.7%
California 29.8%
Nevada 24.4%
Hawaii 21%
Vermont 17.9%
Utah 12.9%
Rhode Island 12.9%
Arizona 12.2%
North Carolina 10.8%
Delaware 10.2%

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