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We anticipate 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 Monthly Electric Generator Inventory report. This quantity represents an virtually 30% enhance from 2024 when 48.6 GW of capability was put in, the biggest capability set up in a single 12 months since 2002. Collectively, photo voltaic and battery storage account for 81% of the anticipated complete capability additions, with photo voltaic making up over 50% of the rise.
Photo voltaic. In 2024, mills added a document 30 GW of utility-scale solar to the U.S. grid, accounting for 61% of capability additions final 12 months. We anticipate this pattern 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 anticipate 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 may set a document as we anticipate 18.2 GW of utility-scale battery storage to be added to the grid. U.S. battery storage already achieved record growth 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 power, serving to to stability provide and demand and enhance grid stability. Power storage techniques should not primary electrical energy sources, that means the know-how doesn’t create electrical energy from a gasoline 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 power storage techniques secondary sources of electrical energy.
Wind. In 2025, we anticipate 7.7 GW of wind capability to be added to the U.S. grid. Final 12 months, 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 come back on-line this 12 months: the 800-megawatt (MW) Vineyard 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 america 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 come back on-line in 2025 are the 840-MW Intermountain Power Project in Utah and the 678.7-MW Magnolia Power in Louisiana. The pure gasoline capability additions on the Intermountain Energy Venture will substitute 1,800 MW of coal-fired capability on the plant, which is scheduled to be retired in July.
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