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Solar photovoltaic panel installations hit a national record 449 megawatts in the third quarter of 2011 — a 140 percent jump from the same quarter in 2010, according to a study by GMT Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Almost 60 percent of the installations were in California and New Jersey — which have been the perennial leaders in solar installations. Colorado was seventh, down a notch from the third quarter of 2010.
