The developers have already added a 12 -GW Utility Scale solar in the United States in 2025, and a further 21 GW has been planned by the end of the year, the solar is to calculate half or more capabilities of the country’s production capacity in the country.
These figures are obtained from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), according to its latest survey to change the ability to generate electricity. Developers are planning to bring a total of 64 GW capacity online this year, with battery storage, air, and natural gas power plants remaining.
The EIA said that if all 64 GW came online this year, developers could set a record of increasing capacity. The previous record for the increase of US capabilities was set in 2002, when the developers added 58 GW to the grid, of which 57 GW was placed in natural gas. Although developers have added natural gas -powered capacity every year, other technologies such as wind, solar and battery storage have become more prevailing options for new capacity.
However, while the utility scale is facing a record growth in 2025, uncertainty about the upcoming tax concessions can reduce the development of the project in the coming years. The One Big Beautive Bill Act (OBBBA) has been served after 2027 for Wind and Solar projects for the 48E Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and 45Y Production Tax Credit, although the implementation of the law is available within a year of construction within a year (July 5, 2026).
Under the new guidance released last week, the Department of Treasury has decided that the only way to prove the “physical work test” is to prove that construction on a project before July 5, 2026, in addition to an exception for low -out solar facilities, allows for five percent safe port. The exam also requires that taxpayers maintain a “permanent construction program” in question.
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The EIA noted that if the potential for solar photovoltaic and battery storage capabilities is realized, the two technologies will increase more capacity than last year. This development of both technologies, this development is widely attributed to “changes” in every EIA, in Texas. So far in 2025, about 27 % of the solar capacity (3.2 GW) is in Texas, and developers intend to bring another 9.7 GW solar online to Texas in the second half of this year. Last year, Texas overtook California with the most utility scale as a state.
Six years ago, in California, Texas was more than six times as solar. But in May 2024, Texas targeted 19.1 GW of solar power production, which set a new US record and took California second.
Battery storage was the second largest part of the capacity increase in the first half of the year, 26 % (5.9 GW), half of which were in Arizona or California. Developers in Texas are expected to bring 7.0 GW battery storage capacity online in 2025, mostly in the second half of the year.
The EIA said the developers retired the “relatively low” capacity in the first half of 2025. US operators intend to retire during 2025, out of 8.7 GW of electricity generating, retired only 2.0 GW in the first half of the year.
