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Developers and power plant owners plan to add 62.8 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric-generating capacity in 2024.

Solar and battery storage to make up 81% of new US electric-generating capacity in 2024

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Developers and power plant owners plan to add 62.8 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric-generating capacity in 2024, according to our latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. This addition would be 55% more added capacity than the 40.4 GW added in 2023 (the most since 2003) and points to a continued rise in industry activity. We expect solar to account for the largest share of new capacity in 2024, at 58%, followed by battery storage, at 23%.

Solar. We expect a record addition of utility-scale solar in 2024 if the scheduled 36.4 GW are added to the grid. This growth would almost double last year’s 18.4 GW increase, which was itself a record for annual utility-scale solar installation in the United States. As the effects of supply chain challenges and trade restrictions ease, solar continues to outpace capacity additions from other generating resources.

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Source: EIA.gov

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As CA’s utility regulator completes its community solar program guidelines, hopes are high that a widely supported tariff proposal will finally allow community solar & battery storage to help power the state.

Battery storage firms see promise in California’s community solar market

As California’s utility regulator moves to complete its community solar program guidelines, hopes are high that a widely-supported tariff proposal will finally allow community solar and battery storage to help power the state.

“With the exception of community solar, California has often led the nation in state-level legislation and deployment of clean energy infrastructure,” stated Boston-based solar developer Perch Energy in December. This gap is set to be filled in July—the deadline for the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) to develop and deliver its community solar program, as mandated by the state’s landmark 2023 Community Renewable Energy Act (AB2316).

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Source: The Energy Mix

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San Diego Community Power recently added a pair of renewable energy projects to its energy portfolio, including one in South County.

San Diego Community Power OKs contract for battery storage project in Chula Vista

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San Diego Community Power recently added a pair of renewable energy projects to its energy portfolio, including one in South County.

At its monthly meeting earlier this month, the community choice energy program serving customers in seven jurisdictions across San Diego County approved signing contracts for a solar and battery storage project in Kern County and a battery facility that will be built in Chula Vista.

SDCP agreed to a 15-year deal with Wellhead Electric Company, which is building the Chula Vista Energy Center 2 that will provide 50 megawatts of capacity and nearly 200 megawatt-hours of power from a 4-hour lithium-ion battery system.

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Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

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San Diego Community Power has agreed to sign contracts for a pair of solar and battery storage projects — one in NV & one in Imperial County.

San Diego Community Power green-lights a pair of renewable power projects

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San Diego Community Power, the community energy program that has enrolled about 900,000 accounts in the region, has approved a pair of solar-plus-storage projects to boost the amount of renewable power it delivers to customers in the next two years.

The first is a 20-year deal with the Yellow Pine III project in Clark County, Nevada, that will deliver 35 megawatts of solar power capacity and 35 megawatts/140 megawatt-hours of lithium-ion battery storage capacity to the electric grid. The storage portion of the contract plans to be operational by June 2025, with the solar portion in place by October 2025.

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Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

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