The agency projects U.S. power plants will produce 2 percent more electricity during the second half of 2024 than in 2023, with solar power adding 36 billion kilowatt-hours, a 42-percent increase over the new solar power added in all of 2023.
With the additions, the sun now generates nearly 4 percent of utility-scale electricity and powers 7 percent of the nation's homes, the EIA said, citing solar energy as the nation's "Fastest-growing U.S. source" for electricity generation.
The Washington-based Solar Energy Industries Association, which did not return requests for comment from The Epoch Times, maintains that renewable energies are poised to dramatically accelerate, especially solar power.
SEIA, which represents 1,200 companies engaged in the $60 billion solar energy industry, maintains that solar power plants in the United States will double to 10 million by 2030 and triple to 15 million by 2034.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's May Energy Infrastructure Update, posted on July 15, shows 50 "Units" of solar totaling 2,517 megawatts-1 megawatt equals 1 million watts-went into service in May. With wind and hydro, the three sources accounted for 94.23 percent of new capacity added to the grid in May with natural gas kicking in less than 6 percent.
The Department of Interior notes there are an additional 70 utility-scale renewable energy projects in BLM's permitting pipeline on public lands that could generate another 32 GW. The bureau is also initiating preliminary reviews of 166 solar and wind development projects, as well as more than 40 applications for site testing, it said.
"The core threat is two-fold," he said, noting sky-rocketing demand is not being matched "On the power supply side" where "The supply problem is not the addition of intermittent resources such as wind and solar, but the far too rapid subtraction of dispatchable resources, especially coal and gas."
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