For the first time ever, solar energy accounted for “more than half” of US electricity generation additions in 2023: That’s from a report released this week by Wood MacKenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Total installed capacity was also a record at 32.4 gigawatts. That was up 51 percent from 2022 levels and 37 percent above 2021, the previous record year for solar installation. And utility-scale dominated at 69 percent of the total.
Remarkably, the leading solar deploying states lack renewable energy mandates. This month’s Conservative Focus stock Southern Company (NYSE: SO), for example, plans nearly 20 GW of new solar in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi by 2030. NextEra Energy’s (NYSE: NEE) FPL utility unit in Florida plans 21 GW of new solar in its service territory by 2033, increasing from 6 percent of total generation in 2023 to 38 percent by 2033.
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