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During 2017, what portion of U.S. energy consumption was provided by solar energy?

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During 2017, solar energy provided less than 1% of U.S. energy consumption. The precise figure is 0.8%. Contrary to the claims of many reporters and pundits, solar is significantly more expensive than most energy technologies, and this limits its production in the U.S. and throughout the world.

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