In a nutshell: Solar and battery storage are having an absolute field day this year in the US.
Solar alone made up 60% of the 20.2 gigawatts of fresh capacity that went online from January through June.
A large chunk of this can be attributed to two plants – a 600+ megawatt installation in Texas and another in Nevada.
These two states were also leading the solar charge, which doesn't come as a surprise given their sunny dispositions.
At the same time, battery installations also saw a major surge, clocking in at 4.2 GW for over 20% of total additions.
California took the crown here with over a third of the nation's deployments, but Texas, Arizona, and Nevada also contributed heftily.
The country has already achieved the massive 1,200 gigawatt renewable target it set for 2030, six years ahead of schedule. »
