Solar electricity generation additions
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20 billionkilowatthours
United States · 2027
EIA projects solar electricity generation additions in United States at 20 billion kilowatthours in 2027.
- Publisher
- EIA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Electricity generation
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
In 2026, we expect added solar generation of 18 BkWh in ERCOT and 13 BkWh in MISO, followed by an additional 20 BkWh in ERCOT and 11 BkWh in MISO in 2027.
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- U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2027). 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_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPQE
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- U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Short-Term Energy Outlook." 2027, https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPQE.
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- U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Short-Term Energy Outlook." 2027. https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPQE.
- BibTeX
- @misc{eia2027solarmbjpqe, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {Short-Term Energy Outlook}, year = {2027}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPQE}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- U.S. Energy Information Administration · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Short-Term Energy Outlook
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Electricity generation
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPQE