Solar's growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use
14 days ago
- #energy demand
- #US electricity grid
- #solar power
- US grid concerns over data center demand surge in 2025.
- Early 2025 saw a 5% rise in electricity demand, leading to increased coal use.
- By Q3 2025, demand growth slowed to 2.3%, largely met by solar power growth.
- Q1 2025: 4.8% demand rise, solar covered only a third, coal use grew by 23%.
- Six months later, solar growth (36%) offset over 80% of demand increase.
- Solar growth nearing the point of fully offsetting demand increases.