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Renewable Energy Plays Growing Role in Reducing Coal, Natural Gas Generation
In the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, it expects that increased U.S. power generation from new renewables capacity – mostly...
EIA: 24 Percent of Power Generation Originated from Renewables in H1 2022
In the first six months of 2022, 24% of U.S. utility-scale electricity generation came from renewable sources, based on data from U.S. Energy Information...
EIA Predicts Battery Storage Capacity Will Grow Significantly to 30 GW by 2025
Developers and power plant owners plan to significantly increase utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States over the next three years, reaching 30...
Construction Costs Decrease for Solar
Construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems continued to decrease in the United States in 2020; the capacity-weighted average fell 8% compared with 2019, according...
Homes in the West, Northeast Represent Largest Share of Small-Scale Solar
In 2020, 3.7% of U.S. single-family homes, including mobile homes, generated electricity from small-scale solar systems (solar panels installed on a home or building),...
Renewables Contribute to Downward Shift in Carbon Intensity of Power Generation
From 2016 to 2020, the carbon intensity of U.S. power generation fell 18%, driven by a shift in the U.S. electricity generation mix away...
EIA: Nearly a Quarter of Generation Came From Renewable Energy in H1 2022
In the first six months of 2022, 24% of U.S. utility-scale electricity generation came from renewable sources, based on data from the U.S. Energy...
EIA Reports Record Number of Solar Panel Shipments in 2021
U.S. shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules rose to a record electricity-generating capacity of 28.8 million peak kilowatts in 2021, from 21.8 million peak...
EIA Predicts Renewables Will Comprise 22 Percent of Electricity Generation in 2022
U.S. electricity generation from renewable sources, such as hydropower, wind and solar, accounted for 20% of electricity generation both in 2020 and in 2021....
EIA Finds Nearly 20 Percent of Planned PV Delayed in First Half of 2022
Power plant developers plan to install 17.8 GW of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) generating capacity in 2022, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA)...
EIA Predicts a 2.4 Percent Electricity Consumption Increase in 2022
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects U.S. electricity consumption this year to increase 2.4% over 2021, resulting primarily from increased economic activity but...
EIA Reports a 19 Percent Increase in Solar Production in 2020
In 2020, energy production in the United States fell by record amounts compared with 2019, mostly as a result of decreased economic activity during...
Power Grid Added 15 GW of Generating Capacity in 2022
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest inventory of electric generators shows 15 GW of new utility-scale electric generating capacity came online in the...
Nuclear Energy Generation Surpassed by Renewable Energy in 2021
Electric power sector generation from renewable sources totaled 795 million MWh in the United States during 2021, surpassing nuclear generation, which totaled 778 million...
Renewable Energy Expected to Supply 44 Percent of U.S. Electricity by 2050
In the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022) Reference case, which reflects current laws and regulations, EIA projects that the...
Solar, Battery Storage Expected to Comprise 60 Percent of New Capacity
Power plant developers and operators expect to add 85 GW of new generating capacity to the U.S. power grid from 2022 to 2023, 60%...
Five U.S. States Implemented New Clean Energy Standards in 2021
As of the end of 2021, 31 states and the District of Columbia had renewable portfolio standards (RPS) or clean energy standards (CES), the...
EIA: Solar Power Generation Has Grown 20-Fold in Last 10 Years
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as solar and...
EIA Predicts Solar Will Make Up Half of New U.S. Electric Generating Capacity in...
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory report, 46.1 GW of new utility-scale electric generating capacity will be...
Renewable Energy Became the Second-Most Prevalent U.S. Electricity Source in 2020
In 2020, renewable energy sources – including wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass and geothermal energy – generated a record 834 billion kWh of electricity, or...