After more than a decade of little change, U.S. electricity consumption

Expected electricity demand growth is spurring expansion in generating capacity and electricity storage. Much of this additional capacity is from solar and battery storage facilities. The

US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it

Solar didn''t just show up in 2025 – it carried the grid. A new analysis from global energy think tank Ember shows that solar power accounted for 61% of the growth in US electricity demand...

Energy demand and decarbonization in 2025 and beyond

Record expansion in solar power in the first three-quarters of 2025 was sufficient to raise total clean electricity generation faster than demand growth for the first time.

Final 2025 data is in: US energy use is up as solar passes hydro

As it was, the growth of utility-scale solar was only sufficient to cover about two-thirds of the rising demand (or 73 percent if you include wind power).

Quarterly Solar Industry Update

Each presentation focuses on global and U.S. supply and demand, module and system price, investment trends and business models, and updates on U.S. government programs

Residential solar market in the U.S.

In the last decade, solar has grown with an average annual rate of 26 percent, reaching a capacity of over 138 gigawatts in 2023. In that same year, solar energy accounted for 55 percent of

Solar power generation drives electricity generation growth over the

In our STEO forecast, utility-scale solar is the fastest-growing source of electricity generation in the United States, increasing from 290 BkWh in 2025 to 424 BkWh by 2027.

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new

Solar energy status in the world: A comprehensive review

The present review study, through a detailed and systematic literature survey, summarizes the world solar energy status along with the published solar energy potential assessment articles for

Solar power generation, 2025

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. You can find more about Ember''s methodology in this