Solar, battery storage to make up 81 percent of new U.S. electric-generating capacity in 2024

  • Chart by USEIA, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, Dec. 2023
    Chart by USEIA, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, Dec. 2023
Developers and power plant owners plan to add 62.8 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electricgenerating capacity in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Adaminsitration’s latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory.This addition would be 55 percent more added capacity than the 40.4 GW added in 2023 (the most since 2003) and points to a continued rise in industry activity…

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