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Electricity demand is rising. Prices are climbing. And America needs more power, fast.
The good news is solar and storage are delivering. Across the country, from California to Texas to the Midwest, the industry is breaking records at a pace that would have seemed unimaginable just a few years ago. These milestones show that solar and storage are no longer emerging technologies. They are essential parts of America’s energy system and the fastest-growing resources available to meet the nation’s soaring demand for electricity.
1. Solar and storage made up 91% of all new grid capacity added in Q1 2026
So far this year, solar and storage are dominating new electricity generation capacity. In the first quarter of 2026, 91% of all new grid capacity came from solar and storage, the highest quarterly share the duo has ever recorded. Solar has been America’s largest source of new electricity generation for the past five years, and storage is quickly catching up. Utilities, businesses, and investors continue choosing these technologies because they are among the lowest-cost and fastest-to-deploy energy resources available.
