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Solar Energy Generation by State

Check out how your state is performing on this green technology

Updated:05/04/2023

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May 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 13,794 thousand megawatt-hours, according to ChooseEnergy.com®’s May 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) from the EIA’s most recent data from February 2023:

Table of Contents

  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
  6. More resources
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Top 10 states generating electricity from solar

State February solar generation % of U.S. total generation
California 3,937 28.5%
Texas 1,541 11.2%
Florida 1,275 9.2%
Arizona 760 5.5%
North Carolina 713 5.2%
Nevada 669 4.8%
Georgia 500 3.6%
New York 386 2.8%
New Jersey 331 2.4%
Virginia 327 2.4%
Massachusetts 308 2.2%
Utah 294 2.1%

U.S. solar generation of electricity decreased by 8.6 % in October compared with solar generation in September. Only 2 states experienced an increase in solar generation from October to September, Florida (7%), and Georgia(2%).

Following are October and September solar generation levels in states with significant production and the percentage change from month to month. States are listed in order of the amount of electricity generated by solar (including thermal) in thousand megawatt-hours.

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Solar power by state

State January solar generation February solar generation % Change
California 3,489 3,937 12.8%
Texas 1,661 1,541 -7.2%
Florida 1,123 1,275 13.5%
Arizona 692 760 9.8%
North Carolina 655 713 8.9%
Nevada 566 669 18.2%
Georgia 462 500 8.2%
New York 323 386 19.5%
New Jersey 283 331 17%
Virginia 265 327 23.4%
Massachusetts 266 308 15.8%
Utah 219 294 34.2%
Colorado 233 288 23.6%
Illinois 129 205 58.9%
South Carolina 161 189 17.4%
New Mexico 156 166 6.4%
Maryland 118 150 27.1%
Minnesota 116 139 19.8%
Hawaii 141 131 -7.1%
Oregon 92 117 27.2%
Indiana 63 108 71.4%
Connecticut 78 103 32.1%
Oklahoma 71 99 39.4%
Wisconsin 52 95 82.7%
Michigan 53 89 67.9%
Pennsylvania 69 83 20.3%
Ohio 50 78 56%
Maine 52 65 25%
Rhode Island 55 64 16.4%
Arkansas 53 60 13.2%
Idaho 39 60 53.8%
Iowa 35 54 54.3%
Missouri 50 53 6%
Washington 31 50 61.3%
Tennessee 39 46 17.9%
Louisiana 34 38 11.8%
Mississippi 32 37 15.6%
Vermont 20 25 25.0%
Delaware 16 21 31.3%
Kentucky 13 17 30.8%
Kansas 11 12 9.1%
Wyoming 7 12 71.4%
Nebraska 7 8 14.3%
Montana 4 6 50%
West Virginia 2 3 50%

States with the highest percentage of power from solar

Nationally, solar accounted for about 4.4% of the electricity produced in February. 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
California 25.8%
Nevada 22.5%
Hawaii 19.2%
Massachusetts 18.3%
Vermont 14.2%
Rhode Island 11.3%
Delaware 11%
Utah 10.4%
Arizona 10%
New Jersey 8.1%

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