Utility-scale solar capacity

RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XC3-BMVT0FP162-MBJPRH

13.7GW

United States · 2015

Utility-scale solar capacity in the United States was 13.7 GW in 2015 (EIA).

Original source

Power generation capacity in United States: every year, the rank and how it is measured

Publisher
EIA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

U.S. solar capacity began expanding in 2010 and grew from less than 1.0 GW in 2010 to 13.7 GW in 2015.

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APA

U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2015). U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54939. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPRH

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MLA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025." 2015, https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54939. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPRH.
Chicago
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025." 2015. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54939. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPRH.
BibTeX
@misc{eia2015utilitymbjprh, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025}, year = {2015}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPRH}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54939. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Publisher
U.S. Energy Information Administration · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025
Retrieved
15 September 2026
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Reachable (HTTP 200)
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Status
Verified
Review protocol
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Permanent URL
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