Inside Climate News: The year so far in New Power Plants

More than two-thirds of new power capacity that’s come online In the US this year has come from solar and battery storage, with clean energy responsible for 90% of new energy sources. Eric Gimon, with Energy Innovation, explained that the bulk of new projects are small and mid-size utility-scale solar. They are not attention-grabbing. But they’re almost everywhere. Many of the solar projects are paired with batteries. “These kinds of smaller-size projects are just easier to build, and the site possibilities are much more diverse and easy to find,” he said. Read ON