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'''Solar power in South Carolina''' is rapidly becoming competitive with grid electricity, due to the decrease in cost and the eight-year extension to the 30% [[federal tax credit]], which can be used to install any size system.<ref>[http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2008/10/tax-credits-extended-renewable-energy-industry-breathes-sigh-of-relief-53755 Tax Credits Extended: Renewable Energy Industry Breathes Sigh of Relief]</ref> South Carolina offers a 25% tax credit, meaning that 55% of the cost is covered through tax credits.<ref>[http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2010/07/13/1583167/solar-power-picking-up-some-heat.html Solar power picking up some heat in S.C.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529161953/http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2010/07/13/1583167/solar-power-picking-up-some-heat.html |date=2012-05-29 }}</ref>
 
South Carolina's largest solar installation was the 311&nbsp;kW Grand Strand Solar Station array in [[Myrtle Beach]], completed on April 18, 2011,<ref>[https://www.santeecooper.com/portal/page/portal/santeecooper/environment/renewables/green_power_generation/solar_power Solar Power]</ref> until December 2, 2011, when [[Boeing]] completed covering the roof of their [[Boeing 787|787]] assembly building with a 2.6 MW solar array, sufficient for 20% of the building's energy use.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-south-carolina-to-be-powered-by-100-renewable-355753/ Boeing South Carolina to be powered by 100% renewable energy]</ref><ref>[http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/41866-sce-amp-g-completes-boeing-rsquo-s-solar-rooftop-project SCE&G completes Boeing’s solar rooftop project]</ref>
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:Source: NREL<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/calculators/PVWATTS/version1/US/South_Carolina/Columbia.html|title=PV Watts|publisher=NREL|accessdateaccess-date=23 May 2012}}</ref>
 
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|+'''Installed [[Photovoltaics]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/IRECSolarMarketTrends-2012-web.pdf|page=17|title=U.S. Solar Market Trends 2011|author=Sherwood, Larry|publisher=Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)|date=August 2012|accessdateaccess-date=2012-08-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906231846/http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/IRECSolarMarketTrends-2012-web.pdf|archive-date=2012-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://irecusa.org/fileadmin/user_upload/NationalOutreachDocs/SolarTrendsReports/IREC_Solar_Market_Trends_Report_2008.pdf |format= PDF |title= U.S. Solar Market Trends 2008 |last= Sherwood |first= Larry |publisher= Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) |date= July 2009 |page= 16 |accessdateaccess-date= 2010-07-24 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091123030109/http://www.irecusa.org/fileadmin/user_upload/NationalOutreachDocs/SolarTrendsReports/IREC_Solar_Market_Trends_Report_2008.pdf |archive-date= 2009-11-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Solar-Report-Final-July-2013-1.pdf |format= PDF |title= U.S. Solar Market Trends 2012 |last= Sherwood |first= Larry |publisher= Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) |date=July 2012 |page= 16 |accessdateaccess-date= 2013-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Final-Solar-Report-7-3-14-W-2-8.pdf|title=U.S. Solar Market Trends 2013|author=Sherwood, Larry|publisher=Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)|date=July 2014|accessdateaccess-date=2014-09-26}}</ref><ref>[httphttps://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/south-carolina-solar South Carolina Solar]</ref>
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!style="background-color: #cfb;" |Year !! style="background-color: #cfb;" |Total (MW) !! style="background-color: #cfb;" |Installed (MW)
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| 2015 || 15 || 3
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| 2016 || 115 || 100
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| 2017 || 405 || 390
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| 2018 || 555 || 150
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| 2019 || 1,158.7 || 603.7
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| 2020 || 1,781.6 || 622.9
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| 2021 || 1,923.8 || 142.2
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| 2022 || 2,314 || 390.2
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==See also==
*[[Solar power in the United States]]
* [[Photovoltaics]]
*[[Renewable energy in the United States]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://openpv.nrel.gov/search?state=SC Open PV Project Database]
* [http://www.nrdc.org/energy/renewables/energymap.asp Renewable energy map]
* [https://archive.today/20130414144239/http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?getRE=1?re%3Fre=undefined&ee=0&state=SC Renewable energy policies and incentives]
 
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