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"A new analysis of government data has revealed that solar and wind accounted
for nearly 98 per cent of new electricity generating capacity in the United
States through the first quarter of 2025, despite efforts by the new president
to unravel clean energy efforts.
The Sun Day Campaign, a non-profit research and educational organisation
founded by Ken Bossong, has been fighting the good fight since 1992, and has
been an invaluable tool for journalists covering clean energy in the United
States.
A review conducted by the Sun Day Campaign of data recently published by the US
government’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) demonstrates the
momentum driving the clean energy industry, even in the face of extreme
political adversity.
According to the government’s own data, solar and wind accounted for nearly 98
per cent of new US electrical generating capacity added in the first quarter of
2025, and solar and wind were the only sources of new capacity in March – a
month that was the nineteenth in a row that saw solar stand out as the largest
source of new capacity.
A total of 447MW of solar was installed in March along with the 223.9MW
Shamrock Wind & Storage Project in Crockett County, Texas.
Over the first three months of 2025, a total of 7,076MW of solar and wind was
installed, accounting for 97.8 per cent of new capacity.
The remainder was made up with 147MW of new natural gas capacity and 11MW from
oil.
On its own, solar accounted for two-thirds of all new generating capacity
placed into service in March, and 72.3 per cent of new capacity through the
first quarter of the year. That makes solar the largest source of new
generating capacity per month since September 2023."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
