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So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year

Ars Technica Science 2026-08-15
So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year

It’s been a wild first half of the year in the US power sector, with announcements of gigantic natural gas power plants and some long-awaited renewable energy projects coming online. At times of rapid change, forecasting is difficult. So I feel a measure of comfort focusing on something concrete like the list of 368 utility-scale plants that began operation from January to June, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration. The group is dominated by utility-scale solar. This i

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