There are currently 668 power projects under construction in the US with a combined capacity of 72,559 MW. Solar leads construction pipeline with 39% of capacity, followed by wind (26%), batteries (23%) and natural gas (12%).

Over the last few months, we've been analyzing data on clean energy trends in America. Today we published a report with ~50 trends that we found in our research. One major takeaway: The U.S. added 47% more clean energy in 2024 than the year before. https://t.co/ElrNAoO4VD

Clean energy projects in the U.S. have gone through a growth spurt in recent years. New data from @CleanviewEnergy shows the 25 biggest clean energy projects that plugged into the grid last year. Learn more from @Dan__McCarthy in the #ChartOfTheWeek:

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New data from a report we're going to release soon: The U.S. added a record amount of solar capacity in 2024. The country added 34 GW of utility-scale solar, which is 74% more than last year's record year.

We just released data on how much clean energy each state built in August. Texas continues to build more solar than any other state.

Texas plans to install 21.37 GW of #solar, 11.31 GW of #storage, & 2.89 GW of #wind in the next 18 months, per @CleanviewEnergy's analysis of @EIAgov data. 📈 There's more to do to achieve a clean grid in TX, but 35 GW of #CleanEnergy is major progress! https://t.co/iZsc6COMCp

The U.S. is on track to add 38 GW of new utility-scale solar capacity this year, nearly twice as much as last year.

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You can explore all the data from this thread in Cleanview:

But even this figure overstates the amount of gas power that is coming online in 2024. More than 80% of this new gas capacity will be in the form of single-combustion turbines that are designed to run only a fraction of the year.

As clean energy is rising, fossil fuel power growth is falling. For most of this century, natural gas has been the dominant source of new power capacity in the U.S. This year, power producers will build less gas capacity (2.8 GW) than they have in any year since 1998.

Solar's growth is wild—until you compare it to the growth of battery storage. This year alone, the U.S. is expected to add nearly as much battery storage capacity as the country did over the last *decade.*

Last year, the U.S. added a record 19.3 GW of utility-scale solar capacity. That was a big year and represented 72% more than 2022. But it's nothing compared to what's in store this year. By year's end, the U.S. is expected to add 37.5 GW of capacity (94% y/y growth).

Solar and batteries are expected to make up 80% of new power capacity this year in the U.S. Both technologies are going to shatter the records they each set in 2023. 🧵