EIA: 80 GW of new solar, wind + storage capacity coming in 2026

The 75% jump in renewables additions vs the previous 12 months is the headline but the line that stands out is utility scale storage going from 44.6 to 67.5 GW. Thats a 51% surge in one year.

Storage scaling that fast is what actually unlocks all the solar capacity getting added. You can’t keep stacking daytime generation without somewhere to shift it to.