There are currently more than 10 gigawatts worth of solar photovoltaic projects under construction in the United States, according to data recently released by GTM Research.

The growth of the solar industry outpaced that of coal, natural gas and nuclear power during the first quarter of 2016, according to a recent report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (in partnership with GTM Research).

Homeowners who decided to install rooftop solar panels are some of the nation’s biggest new energy producers.

In fact, the residential rooftop solar industry broke multiple records in 2015, according to the US Solar Market Insight Report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. For the first time ever, Americans installed more than 2 gigawatts of rooftop solar last year. That represents a 66 percent increase over the number of rooftop solar installations in 2014.