Renewables Composed 24 Percent of U.S. Electricity Generation in the First Half of 2022: EIA

The growth in utility-scale power generation from renewable energy sources, the rapidly-growing electricity production sources, increased from 21 percent in 2021 to 24 percent in 2022 during the first half of 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Among these, hydropower, wind, and solar are the major energy sources contributing to renewable electricity generation in the U.S. The capacity of renewable energy from these sources has grown rapidly and has been added to the power grid.

In June 2022, the country had a utility-scale solar capacity of 65.8 GW, and 27 percent of that capacity came online between June 2021 and June 2022. Similarly, in June 2022, the country added 137.6 GW of wind capacity to the grid, and 10 percent of that capacity was installed during the same period. It is expected that an additional 20 GW of renewable capacity, generated from solar (13 GW) and wind (7 GW), will be added to the grid by the end of the year.