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Together, solar and battery storage account for 81% of the expected total capacity additions, with solar making up over 50% of the increase. Solar. In 2024, generators added a record 30 GW of utility-scale solar to th...
Battery storage capacity additions through 2026 are expected to outpace wind, small-scale solar and natural gas, according to the Energy Information Administration.
A majority of all new generation capacity under development is for solar energy (55%), followed by wind (26%) and natural gas (11%). However, over two-thirds of the wind capacity is in the proposed stage, which is the...
The two largest natural gas plants expected to come online in 2025 are the 840-MW Intermountain Power Project in Utah and the 678.7-MW Magnolia Power in Louisiana. The natural gas capacity additions at the Intermounta...
Renewable capacity additions will continue to drive the growth of US power generation over the next two years, according to the EIA.
Texas, with an expected 6.4 GW, and California, with an expected 5.2 GW, will account for 82% of the new U.S. battery storage capacity. Developers have scheduled the Menifee Power Bank (460.0 MW) at the site of the fo...
Natural gas retirements are expected to reach 2.6 GW and will primarily include retirement of the less-efficient, simple-cycle natural gas turbine power plants. However, 4.4 GW of newly added natural gas capacity — in...
That means additional backup (like batteries or natural gas plants) must be built to compensate for the hours, days, or even weeks when renewable output dips. The availability of solar and wind is measured by their ca...
Indeed, total projected gas-fired power capacity was expected to grow by 3% over the next decade to 523.3 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2035, EIA data shows.
In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, we expect that increased U.S. power generation from new renewables capacity—mostly wind and solar—will reduce generation from both coal-fired and natural gas-fired power plants...
