Generating capacity

Coal Trade
US Renewables' Installed Generating Capacity Beats Coal
Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy R…
Solar Technology
Wood Mackenzie: Solar Accounted for 53% of New U.S. Generation in 2023 and Will Keep Growing
(Photo by Joe DelNero /NREL)The U.S. solar industry added 32.4 GW of new electric generating capacity in 2023, accounting for 53% of all new electric generating…
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
Canada Provides Federal Funds for Bruce C Pre-development
The federal government is providing CAD50 million of funding to support pre-development work to study the feasibility of building 4800 MWe of new generating cap…
Solar Power Plant
Solar Provides Half of U.S. Generating Capacity Additions in 2023 With 5-Gw Added in December Alone; Renewables on Track to Surpass Gas Capacity Within 3 Years.
A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data newly-released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reveals that solar provided half of the U.S. generati…
Solar Power Plant
US EIA Predicts Solar Will Account For 58% of New Electricity Generation Capacity in US in 2024
The US Energy Information Agency issued its latest report on February 15, 2024. According to its Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, the US energy…
Solar Power Plant
Solar Capacity Additions Set New Monthly Record in November and Are Poised to Soon Surpass Hydro, Nuclear, Wind, and Coal.
A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data newly-released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reveals that solar significantly outpaced all other e…
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
UK Releases Roadmap to Quadruple Nuclear Energy Capacity
The British government has launched a roadmap for reaching its ambition for the UK to have 24 GWe of nuclear generating capacity by 2050, representing about 25%…
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
Sweden Appoints National Nuclear Power Coordinator
Swedish Energy & Industry Minister Ebba Busch has announced the appointment of Carl Berglöf as national nuclear power coordinator as the country embarks on…
Renewable Energy
China's Inner Mongolia Speeds up Installing New Energy Capacity
The installed new energy capacity in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is expected to exceed 90 GW by the end of this year, accounting for 44 p…
Offshore Wind Power
China's Largest Onshore Wind Power Base Starts Full-Capacity Production
A wind power facility with an electricity generating capacity of more than 10 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) a year was put into full-capacity production and conn…
Coal Production
Coal Generation Decreased in 2022, but Overall U.S. Emissions Increased
U.S. coal-related CO2 emissions decreased by 7%, or 68 million metric tons (MMmt), in 2022 relative to 2021. This decrease was largely due to an 8% decline in c…
Solar Power Plant
6.5 GW of New Solar Was Added in 2023, a 35% Increase Since 2022
(Image by Sebastian Ganso from Pixabay)The U.S. solar industry added 6.5 GW of new electric generating capacity in Q3 2023, a 35% year-over-year increase as fed…
Solar Power Plant
In the First 3/4 of 2023, Solar Was the Fastest Growing Source of Electricity and Largest Source of New Generating Capacity.
A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data newly released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) …
Nuclear Reactor
Sweden Plans 'Massive' Expansion of Nuclear Energy
The Swedish government unveils a roadmap which envisages the construction of new nuclear generating capacity equivalent to at least two large-scale reactors by …
Solar Power Plant
In the First 2/3 of 2023, New U.S. Solar Generating Capacity Surpassed Growth by All Other Energy Sources, Including Wind and Natural Gas.
A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data newly released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reveals that utility-scale solar and wind provided th…

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Generating capacity

US Renewables' Installed Generating Capacity Beats Coal

Wood Mackenzie: Solar Accounted for 53% of New U.S. Generation in 2023 and Will Keep Growing

Canada Provides Federal Funds for Bruce C Pre-development

Solar Provides Half of U.S. Generating Capacity Additions in 2023 With 5-Gw Added in December Alone; Renewables on Track to Surpass Gas Capacity Within 3 Years.

US EIA Predicts Solar Will Account For 58% of New Electricity Generation Capacity in US in 2024

Solar Capacity Additions Set New Monthly Record in November and Are Poised to Soon Surpass Hydro, Nuclear, Wind, and Coal.

UK Releases Roadmap to Quadruple Nuclear Energy Capacity

Sweden Appoints National Nuclear Power Coordinator

China's Inner Mongolia Speeds up Installing New Energy Capacity

China's Largest Onshore Wind Power Base Starts Full-Capacity Production

Coal Generation Decreased in 2022, but Overall U.S. Emissions Increased

6.5 GW of New Solar Was Added in 2023, a 35% Increase Since 2022

In the First 3/4 of 2023, Solar Was the Fastest Growing Source of Electricity and Largest Source of New Generating Capacity.

Sweden Plans 'Massive' Expansion of Nuclear Energy

In the First 2/3 of 2023, New U.S. Solar Generating Capacity Surpassed Growth by All Other Energy Sources, Including Wind and Natural Gas.