Half of new electric capacity in US to come from solar

• 5 days ago (2025-08-21)
• David Flin

North America 1052 Solar 305

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According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), developers added 12 GW of new utility-scale solar electric generating capacity in H1 2025, and they plan to add another 21 GW in H2 2025.

If these plans are achieved, solar would account for more than half of the 64 GW that developers plan to bring online this year. Battery storage, wind, and natural gas account for virtually all the remaining capacity additions for 2025.

If all 64 GW of planned capacity additions come online, it would set a US record. The previous record was set in 2002, when developers added 58 GW to the grid, 57 GW of which was fuelled by natural gas.

About 27 per cent (3.2 GW) of solar capacity added so far in 2025 is in Texas, and developers plan to bring another 9.7 GW online in Texas in H2 2025. Developers in Texas expect to bring 7.0 GW of battery storage capacity online in 2025.