Renewable electricity – Renewables 2025 – Analysis
Globally, renewable power capacity is projected to increase almost 4 600 GW between 2025 and 2030 – double the deployment of the previous five years (2019-2024). Growth in utility-scale and distributed
Solar energy status in the world: A comprehensive review
The present review study, through a detailed and systematic literature survey, summarizes the world solar energy status along with the published solar energy potential assessment articles for
Quarterly Solar Industry Update
Each quarter, NREL conducts a presentation of technical trends within the solar industry.
Solar PV
Global solar photovoltaic capacity has grown from around 40 gigawatts in 2010 to approximately 2.2 terawatts in 2024. Only in that last year, installations increased by almost 40
Solar power generation drives electricity generation growth over the
We expect that solar electricity generation supplied to the grid managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) will grow from 56 BkWh in 2025 to 106 BkWh by 2027.
China opens world''s biggest solar farm with 6.09 billion kWh annual
The plant covers an area of 33,000 acres (200,000 Chinese mu) and is reported to have an output of 6.09 billion kWh annually. The new plant is in the deserts near the region''s capital Ürümqi.
New solar plants expected to support most U.S. electric generation
In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we expect that U.S. renewable capacity additions—especially solar—will continue to drive the growth of U.S. power generation over the next
The Great Solar Wall Of China
The new solar project will far exceed the annual power generation of what today is currently the world''s largest solar farm, also in China, which has a capacity of just over 6 billion...
EIA predicts new solar plants to drive US electricity generation
The US Energy Information Agency (EIA) has forecast that power generation growth in the country up to 2027 will be driven predominantly by solar capacity additions, in its latest short-term
35 Latest Solar Power Statistics, Charts & Data [2026]
In this article, with the help of charts and key statistical data, we reveal the latest solar power statistics that demonstrate how the industry has grown so far, and the outlook and potential for