Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. U.S. Exceeds 6 Million Solar Installations Nationwide WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States added 7.8 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026, surpassing 6 million cumulative installations as solar remained the leading source of new ... [continued]

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The solar power and battery storage project pipelines are growing in the United States. Even if…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. U.S. Exceeds 6 Million Solar Installations Nationwide WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States added 7.8…

Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power.

Solar and storage accounted for 91% of new US power capacity added in Q1 2026, as electricity demand and AI growth surged.

States won by Trump in the 2024 election accounted for 74 per cent of all solar capacity installed in the first quarter of 2026.

The findings, supported by a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie, highlight solar’s continued growth and coal’s ongoing decline

In May, more of the nation's electricity was supplied by solar power than coal for the first time.

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Washington, D.C. — In a historic first, solar energy outperformed coal in the United States in May…

Despite the decline, solar accounted for 60% of all new electricity generating capacity in Q1 2026. Energy storage and solar combined represented 91% of new capacity, found the…

The US installed 7.8 GWdc of new solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026, marking a decline of 27% from the same period a year earlier and 42% from the previous quarter,…

Solar supplied 12.8% of US electricity in May even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy

Five years make the shift look even sharper. In May 2021, coal supplied 19.7% of US electricity, while solar accounted for just 5.4%. Today, solar's share of...

Despite the Trump administration's efforts to revitalize domestic coal power, renewables continue to set new records.

It’s the first time that's happened across an entire month, and it comes despite the Trump administration’s efforts to reinvigorate coal and hamper solar.