WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. solar industry added a record-shattering 32.4 gigawatts (GW) of new electric generating capacity in 2023, a 37% increase from the previous record set in 2021 and a 51% increase from 2022.

According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2023 Year-in-Review released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, solar accounts for 53% of all new electric generating capacity added to the grid last year. This marks the first time in 80 years that a renewable electricity source has accounted for over 50% of annual capacity additions.

“If we stay the course with our federal clean energy policies, total solar deployment will quadruple over the next ten years,” said SEIA president and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper.
 

Total U.S. solar capacity is expected to grow to 673 GW by 2034, enough to power more than 100 million homes.

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Good.  Solar is excellent!

Neal

Dang

Edited March 6, 20241 yr by Stephen Hawking

Every new home built  should have solar!!

 

 

Nothing wrong with solar.

 

But - understand the if we put panels on every house in the country we would be able to shutter exactly 0 power plants. Until the panels generate power at night, we can't eliminate anything, unless there is a good sized battery bank in every house, and enough solar collection to run the house during the day, and charge the batteries enough to get through the night. Not to mention the lower energy collection of rainy-snowy-cloudy days. 

2 hours ago, NaturallyAspirated said:

Good.  Solar is excellent!

Neal

Point of use I would completely agree. 

21 hours ago, Highmark said:

Point of use I would completely agree. 

Even local or regional farm generation.  Minnesota along US212 has piles of fields next to every little town.  It’s a smart way to go.

Neal

9 minutes ago, NaturallyAspirated said:

Even local or regional farm generation.  Minnesota along US212 has piles of fields next to every little town.  It’s a smart way to go.

Neal

Kind of depends on what the use of those fields are.   Our small town has trouble enough finding land for residential development.  Focus still should be on point of use more than anything.  

Edited March 7, 20241 yr by Highmark