US solar power generation for 2014-16

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The US solar power generation data for 2014-2016 indicates a significant increase in solar energy contribution to the national grid. In 2014, solar generation was 17,691 thousand megawatthours, representing 0.43% of total generation. By 2015, this increased to 39,032 thousand megawatthours (0.95%), and in 2016, it reached 54,866 thousand megawatthours (1.34%). The data highlights the growth of solar utility scale generation, which rose from 24,893 thousand megawatthours in 2015 to 36,054 thousand megawatthours in 2016.

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Solar generation results for US are out for 2016.
Year over year:

http://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_01_02.html
US: Net Generation (Thousand Megawatthours) 2014
Solar: 17691 (that's 0.43%)
All sources: 4093606

https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/pdf/epa.pdf:

US: Net Generation (Thousand Megawatthours) 2015
All sources: 4077601
Solar utility scale: 24893 0.61%
Solar all (estimated): 39032 0.95%

US: Net Generation (Thousand Megawatthours) 2016
All sources: 4076827
Solar utility scale: 36054 0.88%
Solar all (estimated): 54866 1.34%
 
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nikkkom said:
Solar generation results for US are out for 2016.
Year over year:

http://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_01_02.html
US: Net Generation (Thousand Megawatthours) 2014
Solar: 17691 (that's 0.43%)
All sources: 4093606

https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/pdf/epa.pdf:

US: Net Generation (Thousand Megawatthours) 2015
All sources: 4077601
Solar utility scale: 24893 0.61%
Solar all (estimated): 39032 0.95%

US: Net Generation (Thousand Megawatthours) 2016
All sources: 4076827
Solar utility scale: 36054 0.88%
Solar all (estimated): 54866 1.34%
How does this differ from monthly data published a few months later? In other words: why is 2016 data just coming out now when all of the monthly data for 2016 has been in the public domain for like 9 months?

In any case, this is just data...so...what is the purpose/point of this thread?
 

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