Photovoltaic solar markets are growing rapidly across the US, thanks to raised consumer awareness about its benefits, ongoing federal government support, state renewable portfolio standards and rapidly declining price of solar panels and systems. Utilities and large energy consumers are installing large-scale commercial – and utility-scale – solar systems faster than ever. As a result, PV solar is now the fastest growing energy sector in the US, providing more than 3,300 MW of capacity (SEIA).     As a whole, the US PV industry added 449MW in 3Q 2011 alone That number is up 39% over Q2 2011 Up 140% over Q3 2010 Q4 2011 is expected to produce even larger gains Courtesty of GTM Research Commercial Scale PV Solar 101 2 types – Small...