Key facts
- Solar power has been the largest source of new energy capacity installations for 28 consecutive months.
- This trend continued through the end of last year.
- Data on new energy capacity installations was released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
- The current administration has rolled back clean energy incentives.
Despite the Trump administration's stated pivot away from renewable energies, solar power continues to be the dominant form of new energy capacity installations in the United States. Data released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) indicates that at the close of last year, solar energy additions had been the single largest form of new energy capacity installations for 28 consecutive months, a trend that began in September 2023. This growth in solar power has occurred even as the administration has implemented a broad rollback of clean energy incentives since January of last year.