Approximately 858 GWdc of solar and over 1 TWh of batteries are in development – pv magazine USA

Government research shows that solar-plus-storage is coming to dominate the nation’s power grid queues, representing the majority of new power plant applications. May 9, 2022 John Fitzgerald WeaverAs the nation’s power grid electricity generation project queues continue to grow, its composition is evolving. Solar and batteries are beginning to dominate the nation’s energy future.The US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Electricity Markets and Policy group (EMP) has released their annual power grid queue update. The nation’s queue holds over 1 TWac of generation capacity. The new capacity added to the queue this year exceeds 600 GWac and comes from more than 3,000 unique projects.Solar photovoltaics in the queue totals 676 GWac/~845 GWdc of capacity at the end of 2021. 85% of the new capacity came from solar plus energy storage facilities….

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