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US Solar Installed Capacity Overtakes Wind for the First Time: 164.5 GW at End-2025

RESEARCHDivergence DetectedEnergyJun 16, 2026 · 06:14 · 1d ago

For the first time in US energy history, utility-scale solar installed capacity surpassed wind energy at the end of 2025, with FERC data confirming 164.5 GW of solar versus 161.1 GW of wind. Solar dominated new capacity additions for 28 consecutive months, accounting for over 72% of all new generating capacity in 2025 alone. Wind and solar together generated a record 17% of US electricity in 2025, while their combined share of all new capacity built reached 88%. The milestone marks a structural shift in the US grid: solar has become the country's largest non-fossil power source by installed capacity.

claim: US utility-scale solar installed generating capacity exceeded wind energy capacity for the first time ever in 2025, with FERC data confirming 164.5 GW of solar versus 161.1 GW of wind, while solar and wind together comprised 88% of all new US generating capacity added during the year

Sources · prominence score

Electrek / FERC
95T2
EIA
90T5
SEIA
88T2
Utility Dive
82T?
Energy Central
75T?
∆ 23.53%threshold 5.00%
Final Delta23.53%
Threshold5.00%
Metricsprominence_score

Evidence Quality

AVG51
MIN25
MAX95
SPREAD70

Tier Mix

T5×1T2×2T?×2

Pipeline Warnings

  • Unknown source host — defaulted to T? (lowest credibility)CredibilityScorer · utilitydive.com
  • Unknown source host — defaulted to T? (lowest credibility)CredibilityScorer · energycentral.com
  • insufficient_candidatesAlgox:topK · 5/6

Findings

  • US utility-scale solar installed capacity reached 164.5 GW at end-2025, surpassing wind (161.1 GW) for the first time in history, per FERC Energy Infrastructure Update data released in 2026
  • Solar accounted for 72.6% of all new US generating capacity added in 2025, holding the top spot for 28 consecutive months — the longest such streak on record
  • The US added 43 GW of new solar capacity in 2025, the fifth consecutive year solar led all power sources in new additions, per SEIA and Wood Mackenzie data
  • Wind and solar together generated a record 17% of US electricity in 2025, up from 15% in 2024, with combined new builds reaching 88% of all new US capacity for the year
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