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We count on 63 gigawatts (GW) of recent utility-scale electric-generating capability to be added to the U.S. energy grid in 2025 in our newest Preliminary Month-to-month Electrical Generator Stock report. This quantity represents an nearly 30% enhance from 2024 when 48.6 GW of capability was put in, the biggest capability set up in a single yr since 2002. Collectively, photo voltaic and battery storage account for 81% of the anticipated whole capability additions, with photo voltaic making up over 50% of the rise.
Photo voltaic. In 2024, mills added a file 30 GW of utility-scale photo voltaic to the U.S. grid, accounting for 61% of capability additions final yr. We count on this development will proceed in 2025, with 32.5 GW of recent utility-scale photo voltaic capability to be added. Texas (11.6 GW) and California (2.9 GW) will account for nearly half of the brand new utility-scale photo voltaic capability addition in 2025. We count on 5 different states (Indiana, Arizona, Michigan, Florida, and New York) every to account for greater than 1 GW of added photo voltaic capability in 2025 and collectively account for 7.8 GW of deliberate photo voltaic capability additions.
Battery storage. In 2025, capability progress from battery storage might set a file as we count on 18.2 GW of utility-scale battery storage to be added to the grid. U.S. battery storage already achieved file progress in 2024 when energy suppliers added 10.3 GW of recent battery storage capability. This progress highlights the significance of battery storage when used with renewable vitality, serving to to steadiness provide and demand and enhance grid stability. Vitality storage techniques should not main electrical energy sources, that means the expertise doesn’t create electrical energy from a gas or pure useful resource. As a substitute, they retailer electrical energy that has already been created from an electrical energy generator or the electrical energy grid, which makes vitality storage techniques secondary sources of electrical energy.
Wind. In 2025, we count on 7.7 GW of wind capability to be added to the U.S. grid. Final yr, solely 5.1 GW was added, the smallest wind capability addition since 2014. Texas, Wyoming, and Massachusetts will account for nearly half of 2025 wind capability additions. Two giant offshore wind vegetation are anticipated to return on-line this yr: the 800-megawatt (MW) Winery Wind 1 in Massachusetts and the 715-MW Revolution Wind in Rhode Island.
Pure gasoline. Builders plan to construct 4.4 GW of recent pure gas-fired capability in the US throughout 2025: 50% from simple-cycle combustion generators and 36% from combined-cycle energy blocks. Utah, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Tennessee account for greater than 70% of those deliberate pure gasoline additions. The 2 largest pure gasoline vegetation anticipated to return on-line in 2025 are the 840-MW Intermountain Energy Undertaking in Utah and the 678.7-MW Magnolia Energy in Louisiana. The pure gasoline capability additions on the Intermountain Energy Undertaking will substitute 1,800 MW of coal-fired capability on the plant, which is scheduled to be retired in July.
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