The US added 12GW of solar PV capacity in H1 2024, a 3.6GW increase from the previous year, according to the Energy Institute for Safety and Policy (EIA). The EIA expects a total of 42.6 GW of capacity to be added in H2 2024, largely from utility-scale solar PV, with 25% expected to come from utilities. The largest project to come online during this period was from Nevada, with an installed PV capacity of 690MW. The Gemini solar-plus-storage project, the largest project in the US, was also the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) one to come offline with an output of 380MW. Battery additions were concentrated in California (37% of all additions), Texas (24%), Arizona (19%) and Nevada (13%).
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
