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13 <br />DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR CLUSTER IN ORANGE COUNTY April 13, 2009 <br />Orange County Economic Development Commission <br />northwestern states which have had great success with solar installations. According to <br />an article by Solar Energy Industries Association (SETA, February 2009), the <br />Southeastern states have solar resources 60% better than Germany, and Germany is the <br />current world leader for installed solar energy <br />Solar Resources :United States and German <br />t •~~'tt ~ z:. =ti <br />'~r' <br />~' • <br />~' .~° F ~ ~ y, ,a ~~,. <br />ti ~ofrk .~ ~ c _ ` 7"----r^ ~ .,tom Y~ wf~ i . t~. ~p~~ , 7 <br />J ~, 1 _~_ 'xl ~ 3 ~1 <br />l _ <br />~1 i~ <br />f..: ~ ~ ~; <br />^-F <br />I <br />a 'ajN <br />r ~ . ; ,. . <br />,. <br />1 x.Wr.maw,~.otl...a~.w.dw~+.e»~e~arr.aw~'r~ei.~~~~i>~s~m~~.e~°°°`w <br />r.«.a.3...a~:.~,~aa..~v.easu~~ru~enr~:+~car v+~~x rna.rvo+~e~..~..m~.eav.w <br />.r/ -: MWlaM1>191e~wI11PG~6~V11wtlvl yyys.~.p,~gy tq[6.S,yi <br />.+tOMwia~QNSd PeE: mia~~@~i~aN~lel~'Y~di~+~b?mr+w~!~+F"~~+++•uYS4CyP~y16t•fBW. <br />)N~gure 2-Source: SETA 20118 Year u1 xeview. <br />The Present and Future of Solar <br />The global market for solar PV is expected to continue its recent rapid growth, <br />primarily through increased PV grid-tied installations, both commercial and residential <br />(Solar America Initiative, 2007). Figure 3 is forecast of solar PV installations. <br />For EDC use only 7 <br />