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Energy and was unveiled on Jan. 14, 2015. The project will feature 2,000 photovoltaic solar panels totaling nearly 600 <br />kilowatts. (Photo by Rick Scuteri /Invision for NRG Re New /AP Images) <br />And then there are other large -scale installers: One of the best known solar carports is at the <br />Washington Redskins' FedEx Field, where a gigantic solar array covering 841 parking spaces is <br />able to generate enough power to cover "20 percent of the stadium's power needs on game days <br />and all of its power on non -game days," according to Clark Construction, which installed it. <br />Laurence Mackler, who founded the solar carport installer Solaire Generation, says his company <br />has now installed 50 megawatts worth of carports nationwide and has seen costs steadily decline <br />over time. But he also emphasizes that there's still a financial problem — one that has limited <br />the growth of solar carports significantly. <br />"Everyone says to me, that's a great idea, why doesn't everyone do it," says Mackler of solar <br />carports. "And I have to say, well, because the economics work in certain states." <br />That conclusion was reaffirmed by a 2014 market research report on solar carports by GTM <br />Research, which found that they are mainly springing up in Arizona, New Jersey, Maryland, <br />Massachusetts, and New York and most of all California, which is more than half of the total <br />market. For the most part, the report notes, that's because these states offer an array of state <br />financial incentives to support their development. <br />Here's a figure demonstrating as much from GTM Research: <br />1 "p e(fi II,w G TM Research, <br />