After a banner year for the U.S. solar power sector in 2016, growth has slowed down in response to waning segment support, a trade group found. An annual review of 2017 solar market activity from the Solar Energy Industries Association, a trade group supporting the industry, and GTM Research found total installed capacity was 10.6 gigawatts, down from the 15 GW installed in 2016. ‘The solar industry delivered impressively last year despite a trade case and market adjustments,” SEIA President and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper said in a statement . Installations two years ago were “record-shattering” because planners were rushing to take advantage of federal tax credits. New certainty, meanwhile, has emerged in January when U.S. President Donald Trump […]