The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) says nearly half of planned capacity additions in 2022 will be solar energy resources.
EIA said it expects 46.1 GW of new utility-scale generating capacity to be added to the U.S. power grid this year. Around 21.5 GW (46%) of that would be from solar projects, 9.6 GW (21%) from natural gas projects and 7.6 GW (17%) from wind additions. EIA said it expects an additional 5.1 GW (11%) to come from energy storage projects.
The agency says another 5% of the country’s planned electric capacity additions in 2022 will come from two new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia. One of these reactors, Unit 3, was delayed until June 2022 to allow additional time for construction and testing. The long-delayed project has repeatedly increased its project cost.
