Developers and project planners expect to add 29.4 GW of new generating capacity in the U.S. in the second half of 2022, nearly double the 15.1 GW added in the first half of the year, the Energy Information Administration reported last week.
About half of the planned capacity in the second half is solar, with 13.6 GW of additions expected, followed by wind, with 6 GW of additions expected.
This is a change from the first half of the year, where wind power accounted for the highest percentage of the 15.1 GW of new capacity that came online, at 5.2 GW, or 34%, followed by natural gas, solar and battery storage.
