EIA expects 63 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric-generating capacity to be added to the US power grid in 2025 in its latest <a href="https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/" target="_blank">Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory</a> report. This amount represents an almost 30% increase from 2024 when 48.6 GW of capacity was installed, the largest capacity installation in a single year since 2002. Together, solar and battery storage account for 81% of the expected total capacity additions, with solar making up over 50% of the increase.