New electric generating capacity in 2019 will come from renewables and natural gas">New electric generating capacity in 2019 will come from renewables and natural gas

(Thu, 10 Jan 2019) According to EIA’s latest inventory of electric generators, 23.7 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity additions and 8.3 GW of capacity retirements are expected for the U.S. electric power sector in 2019. The utility-scale capacity additions consist primarily of wind (46%), natural gas (34%), and solar photovoltaics (18%), with the remaining 2% consisting primarily of other renewables and battery storage capacity.

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