According to the US Energy Information Administration''s latest survey of electric generating capacity changes, developers in the US have added 12GW of new utility-scale solar
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Developers added 12 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale solar electric generating capacity in the United States during the first half of 2025, and they plan to add another 21 GW in the
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicted in 2021 that 46 gigawatts (GW) of new grid-scale electric generating capacity— almost half of it solar—would be added to the U.S.
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2024 ATB data for utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) are shown above, with a base year of 2022. The Base Year estimates rely on modeled capital expenditures (CAPEX) and operation and maintenance
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Utility-scale solar farms are at the forefront of the transition to renewable energy. Ranging from 1 MW to GW+ in capacity, these installations are crucial in reducing reliance on fossil fuels and
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory compiled and synthesized empirical data on the U.S. utility-scale solar sector.
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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
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The threshold for a solar project to be considered utility scale is generally accepted to be around 5 MW, which can power around 1,000 homes. Utility scale solar provides economies of scale,
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New solar utility-scale operations made up the largest amount of electric generating capacity added in the U.S. for the first half of 2024.
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The project is a large-scale solar energy initiative developed on 10,000 acres of land north of the city of London near Plumwood in Madison County. The project is expected to have a maximum
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