U.S. clean power installations rose 28 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier to 5.6 gigawatts, with roughly a third of those projects built in Texas, according to a new report from the American Clean Power Association.
Texas, which is home to the largest operational clean power portfolio in the U.S., added almost 2 GW of clean power to bring its total capacity to nearly 67 GW installed by the end of March. The state ranks first for total operating wind capacity and is expected to bypass California for the top spot in solar installations in the coming quarters.
The projects completed in the first quarter brought the total U.S. clean power capacity to nearly 270 GW, representing enough power for more than 68 million homes, according to the report.
Last year was “a great year, but we’re already off to an even better year here in 2024,” said John Hensley, the vice president of markets and policy analysis at ACP.
