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EIA: 94% of new 2024 US power capacity from renewables and batteries

Julia Piper · Political Climate: Is the IRA under political threat? · Apr 26, 2024 · at 4:53

Host Julia Pyper discusses Energy Information Administration projections on clean energy deployment following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.

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“94% of new power capacity in 24 will likely come from solar, wind, and batteries.”

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that 94% of new U.S. electricity generation capacity added in 2024 will come from solar, wind, and battery storage.

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Assessment

On February 15, 2024, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) published an analysis in its Today in Energy report based on its December 2023 Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. The report projected 62.8 GW of new utility-scale electric-generating capacity additions in 2024, with solar (36.4 GW / 58%), battery storage (14.3 GW / 23%), and wind (8.2 GW / 13%) together totaling 58.9 GW, or approximately 93.79% (94% rounded). This directly corroborates the speaker's claim regarding the EIA's 2024 capacity addition projections.

EIA Today in Energy report published February 15, 2024, titled 'Solar and battery storage to make up 81% of new U.S. electric-generating capacity in 2024'
EIA breakdown of planned 2024 additions: 36.4 GW solar (58%), 14.3 GW battery storage (23%), and 8.2 GW wind (13%), totaling 58.9 GW out of 62.8 GW (93.79% / 94%)

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[1] eia.gov [2] mitchellwilliamslaw.com [3] spglobal.com [4] tamarindo.global

EIA new electric generating capacity 2024 February solar wind battery storage 94 percent "36.4" "14.3" "8.2" "62.8" "EIA" 2024

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