United States: 12GW Of Centralized Photovoltaic Installed Capacity Added in The First Half Of 2024

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), in the first half of 2024, the United States added 20.2 GW of centralized power generation capacity.

Among them, solar photovoltaic power generation capacity accounts for 12GW. Most of the newly added photovoltaic projects are located in Texas and Florida, which account for 38% of the total new photovoltaic installations in the United States.
In addition, the largest solar projects put into operation in the first half of the year were the 690MW Gemini solar+energy storage project in Nevada and the 653MW Lumina solar project in Texas.

Following closely behind photovoltaics are battery energy storage projects, with a newly installed capacity of 4.2GW, accounting for 21% of the total newly installed capacity. California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada account for 37%, 24%, 19%, and 13% of the newly added energy storage capacity, respectively. According to EIA data, the 380MW energy storage project of Gemini and the 300MW ElevenMile solar center in Arizona are the two largest online projects.

In addition, the first half of the year saw an increase of 2.5GW in wind power installed capacity and 1.11GW in nuclear power.
Based on the plans of various developers, the US Energy Information Administration expects to add 42.6GW of new centralized power generation capacity in the second half of 2024, including 25GW of solar power alone, followed by 10.8GW of battery storage and 4.6GW of wind energy. EIA stated that if these plans are implemented, the total installed capacity of centralized photovoltaics in the United States for the whole year of 2024 will reach a historical high of 37GW, almost double last year's 18.8GW; And the annual energy storage capacity will increase by 15GW.