March 11 (Reuters) - Solar and energy storage accounted for 84% of new electricity generation capacity added to the U.S. power grid last year, but the industry faces a challenging future with the new ...

Solar power is winning the electricity generation race. A new report from the trade group Solar Energy Industries Association says that in 2024, two-thirds of new energy made in the U.S. came from the ...

The US installed 50 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2024, the largest single year of new capacity added to the grid by any energy technology in over two decades. That’s enough to power 8.5 ...

Texas widened its lead as the country’s renewable energy leader in 2024, with growth in solar and wind power, according to federal data. Solar and wind also grew nationwide at the same time that coal ...

IEA figures show the world adding more than 600GW of new renewable capacity in 2024. The world added more than 550GW of new solar in 2024, although renewable power continues to account for a fraction ...

The average across utility-scale solar PV in 2024 in the NEM stood at 4.5%. Image: AEMO. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has revealed that several utility-scale solar PV power plants ...

Illinois had a record year for solar growth in 2024 and can now draw enough energy from the sun to power 930,000 homes, according to a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood ...

Facebook parent company Meta will contract to purchase power generated at two new solar energy plants in Louisiana, a move that will help power the company’s new $10 billion data center and meet its ...

China installed its highest solar power capacity for a single month in May, according to official data, which showed mind-boggling figures that the country installed more solar capacity in a month ...

An IEA survey of solar power applications in Australia shows that the country installed 5.2 GW of solar capacity in 2024 and reached a total of 40 GW, including 26.1 GW of distributed systems and 13.4 ...

The latest edition of IEEE’s annual report on the role of solar in the global renewable energy transition shows the steady and increasing dominance of new solar power generating capacity in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. This photo shows photovoltaic panels of a solar power station for ...