As of april 2018.
													
																	States with the most solar panel use. 
									
	
		
	
																	With more than 21 000 megawatts of installed solar capacity california easily leads all fifty u s. 
																	State from solar state from solar. 
																	Despite pushback from utilities and the public utility commission that has cast a cloud over solar in the state nevada still has the most solar capacity per capita in the us with 1 240 mw of solar energy for its 2 84 million residents enough to power 191 000 homes. 
																	States in solar electricity production enough to power 5 4 million homes 1in fact at 4 300 megawatts of solar energy the next state on the list doesn t even come close north carolina enough to power 486 339 homes.