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Solar PV technologies are leading the energy sector in decreasing carbon emissions coming out of the United States (US).
2023 saw Solar PV projects deployed at record levels in the US.
In total 184TWH of electricity was generated by utility scale solar projects in the US.
This amount produced by large scale solar projects is 130% higher than what was generated in the US 5 years ago.
This is enough electricity to power 14,000,000 homes and equal to 4% of the US’ total generation.
Utility scale solar saw a steep rise in 2023. 20.8GW worth of new utility scale solar projects were installed in 2023.
Another 8.8GW should have been installed in December 2023 alone, subsequently allowing Solar’s new capacity installations to overtake gas.
Partnering the rise of solar installations in the US was an increase in installed energy storage solutions.
14GW of storage installed in the US were driven by electricity markets with large amounts of solar.
The US installed 5GW of energy storage in November 2023. This meant more storage was installed in 11months of 2023 than the entirety of 2022.
The continued rise of solar has mean the amount of coal used by power companies and the amount of CO2 emitted has shown a continuous decline.
Solar’s success has led to the total power generation from zero carbon sources to reach 39% of the US’ combined electricity mix.
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