Wind electricity generation growth

As wind and utility-scale solar capacity continues to be added to the grid, we expect solar generation to grow by 21% in 2026 and by 18% in 2027, while wind generation grows 7% in 2026 and 5% in 2027.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2026). Short-Term Energy Outlook. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPQB

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U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Short-Term Energy Outlook." 2026, https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPQB.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Short-Term Energy Outlook." 2026. https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPQB.

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@misc{eia2026windmbjpqb, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {Short-Term Energy Outlook}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPQB}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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