REC Solar introduced its 72 cell solar module in July especially designed for the US market and it is already achieving huge success with multiple contracts signed to deliver solar panels to increasing US solar market.

After already doubling its US orders in the last 12 months, REC is excelling with its new modules. A 100MW deal has been signed with US residential solar company, Sunrun. Sunrun have said that they believe REC solar panels to be “one of the best rooftop solar products available.”

“The U.S. will be an increasingly important market for REC,” said Martin Cooper, CEO of REC. “With a combination of our flexibility to selectively dispatch our products across our global market network and ability to develop a new 72-cell production capacity, we have been able to quickly position ourselves well to take advantage of this opportunity.”

Another 85MW deal has been signed with an unnamed US engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company for module delivery between July 2015 and February 2016 and will be used for utility-scale installations.

“REC has already doubled its U.S. order intake over the past 12 months, thanks to the recent big wins with residential leaders SolarCity and Sunrun,” said REC Group CEO Martin Cooper. “With our new 72-cell product, we are seizing opportunities in the U.S. large commercial and utility markets and are demonstrating significant growth in line with our expectations.”

Utility-scale installations account for the majority of the US market. GTM Research has predicted that the US market will install 3GWs of new installations in 2014 and increase to around 6GWs by 2016. Large amounts of growth are expected in Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia and Texas.

“Signing these substantial agreements less than two months after the announcement of REC’s 72-cell, 1,000-volt panel offering confirms the strong demand for our high-quality, duty-free products in all market segments from residential to utility scale,” said Arndt E. Lutz, REC Group’s senior VP, North America & Carribbean. “Based on our discussions with several large EPC firms and developers in the U.S., we believe that our order pipeline in the U.S. will continue to increase”