Developers plan to install 17.8 GW of utility-scale solar PV generating capacity this year, according to the June 2022 Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory from the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).
It said that during the first six months of 2022, 4.2 GW of capacity came online, less than half of what the industry had planned to install. From January through June, about 20% of planned solar photovoltaic capacity was delayed, EIA said.
Preliminary data from January through June 2022 showed that PV solar installations were delayed by an average of 4.4 GW each month. That compared with average monthly delays of 2.6 GW during the same period in 2021. In most cases, reported delays were for six months or less.
