A overview by the SUN DAY Marketing campaign of information launched by the Federal Power Regulatory Fee (FERC) reveals that the mix of photo voltaic and wind accounted for 90% of recent U.S. electrical producing capability added within the first seven months of 2025. In July, photo voltaic alone supplied 96% of recent capability, making it the twenty third consecutive month by which photo voltaic has held the lead amongst all new power sources.
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In its newest month-to-month “Energy Infrastructure Update” report (with knowledge by means of July 31, 2025), FERC says 46 “items” of photo voltaic totaling 1.181 GW had been positioned into service in July, accounting for over 96.4% of all new producing capability added in the course of the month.
The brand new services embody the 202.8-MW Estonian Photo voltaic & Storage Enlargement Venture in Delta County, Texas; the 200-MW Eland Photo voltaic Farm and the 150.0-MW Northern Orchard Photo voltaic PV venture, each in Kern County, California; and the 150.0-MW Coldwater River Photo voltaic Venture in Department County, Michigan.
The 434 items of utility-scale photo voltaic added in the course of the first seven months of 2025 whole 16.05-GW and had been virtually three-quarters (74.4%) of the overall new capability positioned into service by all sources.
Photo voltaic has now been the biggest supply of recent producing capability added every month for twenty-three consecutive months: September 2023 to July 2025. Throughout that interval, whole utility-scale photo voltaic capability grew from 91.82 GW to 153.09 GW. No different power supply added something near that quantity of recent capability. Wind, for instance, expanded by 10.68 GW whereas pure gasoline elevated by simply 3.74 GW.
For the primary seven months of 2025, the mix of photo voltaic and wind (plus 4 MW of hydropower and three MW of biomass) was 89.6% of recent capability whereas pure gasoline supplied simply 10.2%; the stability got here from coal (18-MW), oil (17 MW), and waste warmth (17 MW).
Photo voltaic + wind are virtually 1 / 4 of U.S. utility-scale producing capability
Utility-scale photo voltaic’s share of whole put in capability of (11.42%) is now virtually equal to that of wind (11.81%). Taken collectively, they represent practically one-fourth (23.23%) of the U.S.’s whole out there put in utility-scale producing capability. No less than 25% of U.S. photo voltaic capability is within the type of small-scale techniques that aren’t mirrored in FERC’s knowledge.
With the inclusion of hydropower (7.61%), biomass (1.07%) and geothermal (0.31%), renewables presently declare a 32.22% share of whole U.S. utility-scale producing capability. If small-scale photo voltaic capability is included, renewables at the moment are greater than one-third of whole U.S. producing capability.
Photo voltaic stays on observe to turn out to be the second largest supply of U.S. producing capability
FERC reported that there’s a “excessive chance” addition of 92.631 GW of photo voltaic between August 2025 and July 2028, in comparison with wind’s predicted 22.528-GW of recent capability. Mixed with different anticipated renewable power additions, a complete of 115.12 GW of recent capability might be added to the grid in the course of the the rest of President Donald Trump’s time period.
“With one month of Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ now beneath our belts, renewables proceed to dominate capability additions,” stated Ken Bossong, government director of the SUN DAY Marketing campaign. “And photo voltaic appears poised to carry its lead within the months and years to return.”
Information merchandise from the SUN DAY Marketing campaign
