Spring 2025 Solar Industry Update
Distributed generation made up nearly 63% of new solar PV capacity in 2024. • In 2024, Brazil increased tariffs on imported solar modules to 25% to shield their 5 GW of local manufacturing
EIA: 99%+ of new US capacity in 2026 will be solar, wind + storage
Solar, wind, and batteries are set to supply virtually all net new US generating capacity in 2026, according to the latest EIA data.
Electricity generation from U.S. solar grows 28% year-over-year
Solar continues to dominate new electricity generation capacity added to the grid in the United States, according to the Energy Information Administration''s (EIA) latest release of its Electric
US solar capacity overtakes wind – pv magazine International
Solar has become the largest renewable source of installed power capacity in the United States, surpassing wind after 27 consecutive months as the leading source of new grid additions,
Solar Market Insight Report Q3 2025
Solar accounted for 56% of all new electricity-generating capacity added to the US grid in the first half of 2025, with a total of 18 GW installed. Combined, solar and storage accounted for 82%
FERC: Renewables made up 88% of new US power generating capacity
Newly published data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign, reveal that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
Renewable electricity – Renewables 2025 – Analysis
Renewable electricity Renewable electricity additions for 2025-2030 total 4 600 GW – equal to the combined installed power capacity of China, the European Union and Japan Globally, renewable
Solar, battery storage to lead new U.S. generating capacity additions
In 2024, generators added a record 30 GW of utility-scale solar to the U.S. grid, accounting for 61% of capacity additions last year. We expect this trend will continue in 2025, with 32.5 GW of new utility
FERC: solar dominates new generation capacity in US
According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission''s (FERC) Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2024, the US had 251 new solar “units” that became operational from January to