The United States’ Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that 54.5 GW of new utility-scale capacity will be installed in the country in 2023, with 54% of this new capacity coming from solar installations (over 29 GW). New installed solar capacity in 2023 is expected to reach 7.7 GW in Texas and 4.2 GW in California.
New battery installed capacity in 2023 is forecast to double and to reach 9.4 GW (17% of total new capacity), while new gas-fired capacity is set to reach 7.5 GW (14% of total, 83% of which would come from combined-cycle plants). The two largest natural gas plants expected to be commissioned in 2023 are the 1,836 MW Guernsey Power Station in Ohio and the 1,214 MW Three Rivers Energy Center in Illinois.
Wind new installed capacity in 2023 is expected to reach 6 GW (11% of the new capacity), while new nuclear capacity will reach 2.2 GW (4%) due to the commissioning of two nuclear reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia. The reactors will be the first new nuclear units built in the US in more than 30 years.
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