Table 4.2.B. Existing Net Summer Capacity of Other Renewable Sources by Producer Type, 2012 through 2022 (Megawatts)

Utility Scale Capacity Utility and Small Scale Capacity
Year Wind Solar Photovoltaic Solar Thermal Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels Geothermal Other Biomass
Total Utility (Other Renewable Sources)
Estimated Small Scale Photovoltaic Total Solar Photovoltaic Total Solar
Total (All Sectors)
2012 59,074.8 2,694.1 476.0 7,507.6 2,592.1 4,810.6 77,155.2 -- 2,694.1 3,170.1
2013 59,973.4 5,336.1 1,286.4 8,354.2 2,607.0 5,043.0 82,600.1 -- 5,336.1 6,622.5
2014 64,231.5 8,656.6 1,666.7 8,368.1 2,514.3 5,166.5 90,603.7 7,326.6 15,983.2 17,649.9
2015 72,573.4 11,905.4 1,757.9 8,968.9 2,541.5 5,124.5 102,871.6 9,778.5 21,683.9 23,441.8
2016 81,286.6 20,192.9 1,757.9 8,936.1 2,516.6 5,088.8 119,778.9 12,765.1 32,958.0 34,715.9
2017 87,597.5 25,209.0 1,757.9 8,830.9 2,483.3 5,129.5 131,008.1 16,147.8 41,356.8 43,114.7
2018 94,417.7 30,120.5 1,757.9 8,694.6 2,444.3 5,038.6 142,473.6 19,547.1 49,667.6 51,425.5
2019 103,571.2 35,710.2 1,758.1 8,374.5 2,555.4 4,738.8 156,708.2 23,213.6 58,923.8 60,681.9
2020 118,378.7 46,306.2 1,747.9 8,326.5 2,571.9 4,623.3 181,954.5 27,584.8 73,891.0 75,638.9
2021 132,753.4 60,070.1 1,480.0 7,923.2 2,596.7 4,469.2 209,292.6 33,081.0 93,151.1 94,631.1
2022 141,402.2 71,381.5 1,480.0 7,804.5 2,648.6 4,322.3 229,039.1 39,828.0 111,209.5 112,689.5
Electric Utilities
2012 8,488.7 331.2 1.0 364.1 162.1 476.7 9,823.8 -- 331.2 332.2
2013 8,424.7 487.9 -- 564.3 164.1 477.4 10,118.4 -- 487.9 487.9
2014 9,022.6 568.5 -- 654.8 164.1 483.7 10,893.7 -- 568.5 568.5
2015 10,580.9 842.9 -- 623.8 165.9 440.8 12,654.3 -- 842.9 842.9
2016 11,552.6 1,388.4 -- 708.8 167.9 418.7 14,236.4 -- 1,388.4 1,388.4
2017 12,150.8 1,724.5 -- 811.3 161.9 432.8 15,281.3 -- 1,724.5 1,724.5
2018 14,031.7 2,683.5 -- 807.0 148.8 484.9 18,155.9 -- 2,683.5 2,683.5
2019 15,715.0 3,851.4 -- 696.2 146.5 336.7 20,745.8 -- 3,851.4 3,851.4
2020 20,788.5 5,965.4 -- 670.8 149.5 336.4 27,910.6 -- 5,965.4 5,965.4
2021 23,991.7 7,979.1 -- 627.7 149.5 280.9 33,028.9 -- 7,979.1 7,979.1
2022 24,445.7 10,141.2 -- 628.6 149.5 264.0 35,629.0 -- 10,141.2 10,141.2
Independent Power Producers, Non-Combined Heat and Power Plants
2012 50,547.6 2,255.7 475.0 1,398.8 2,384.2 3,055.5 60,116.8 -- 2,255.7 2,730.7
2013 51,497.8 4,647.6 1,286.4 1,845.4 2,401.1 3,212.2 64,890.5 -- 4,647.6 5,934.0
2014 55,133.0 7,857.0 1,666.7 1,816.6 2,308.8 3,362.3 72,144.4 -- 7,857.0 9,523.7
2015 61,905.4 10,768.2 1,757.9 1,873.3 2,375.6 3,334.2 82,014.6 -- 10,768.2 12,526.1
2016 69,645.4 18,483.3 1,757.9 1,789.6 2,348.7 3,383.5 97,408.4 -- 18,483.3 20,241.2
2017 75,346.6 23,127.0 1,757.9 1,649.1 2,321.4 3,416.0 107,618.0 -- 23,127.0 24,884.9
2018 80,267.6 27,055.8 1,757.9 1,576.2 2,246.1 3,293.7 116,197.3 -- 27,055.8 28,813.7
2019 87,737.8 31,416.4 1,758.1 1,475.7 2,359.5 3,216.8 127,964.3 -- 31,416.4 33,174.5
2020 97,242.6 39,868.8 1,747.9 1,463.3 2,373.0 3,113.9 145,809.5 -- 39,868.8 41,616.7
2021 108,637.2 51,546.2 1,480.0 1,339.8 2,373.0 2,954.2 168,330.4 -- 51,546.2 53,026.2
2022 116,829.6 60,617.7 1,480.0 1,318.3 2,499.1 2,272.9 185,017.6 -- 60,617.7 62,097.7
Independent Power Producers, Combined Heat and Power Plants
2012 -- -- -- 489.8 45.8 445.6 981.2 -- -- --
2013 -- -- -- 469.2 41.8 434.1 945.1 -- -- --
2014 -- -- -- 465.5 41.4 379.0 885.9 -- -- --
2015 -- -- -- 568.2 -- 402.3 970.5 -- -- --
2016 -- 1.0 -- 667.2 -- 400.1 1,068.3 -- 1.0 1.0
2017 -- 2.5 -- 582.0 -- 385.3 969.8 -- 2.5 2.5
2018 -- 3.3 -- 492.7 -- 388.2 884.2 -- 3.3 3.3
2019 -- 3.3 -- 554.7 -- 386.9 944.9 -- 3.3 3.3
2020 -- 3.9 -- 563.2 -- 384.9 952.0 -- 3.9 3.9
2021 -- 3.9 -- 467.2 -- 417.0 888.1 -- 3.9 3.9
2022 -- 4.1 -- 467.2 -- 385.5 856.8 -- 4.1 4.1
Commercial Sector
2012 29.8 99.9 -- 7.6 -- 639.5 776.8 -- 99.9 99.9
2013 33.2 192.9 -- 8.4 -- 713.1 947.6 -- 192.9 192.9
2014 51.6 223.4 -- 65.4 -- 726.4 1,066.8 3,279.7 3,503.1 3,503.1
2015 55.3 282.1 -- 65.3 -- 723.8 1,126.5 3,706.7 3,988.8 3,988.8
2016 56.8 300.8 -- 67.1 -- 707.3 1,132.0 4,022.8 4,323.6 4,323.6
2017 60.8 311.6 -- 63.1 -- 726.5 1,162.0 5,155.8 5,467.4 5,467.4
2018 73.4 330.6 -- 63.1 49.4 725.0 1,241.5 6,271.4 6,602.0 6,602.0
2019 73.4 381.1 -- 63.1 49.4 651.6 1,218.6 7,167.9 7,549.0 7,549.0
2020 67.6 385.1 -- 63.3 49.4 652.5 1,217.9 8,376.1 8,761.2 8,761.2
2021 67.8 412.9 -- 137.3 74.2 680.8 1,373.0 9,752.0 10,164.9 10,164.9
2022 70.2 444.3 -- 137.3 -- 1,273.4 1,925.2 11,212.3 11,656.6 11,656.6
Industrial Sector
2012 8.7 7.3 -- 5,247.3 -- 193.3 5,456.6 -- 7.3 7.3
2013 17.7 7.7 -- 5,466.9 -- 206.2 5,698.5 -- 7.7 7.7
2014 24.3 7.7 -- 5,365.8 -- 215.1 5,612.9 700.6 708.3 708.3
2015 31.8 12.2 -- 5,838.3 -- 223.4 6,105.7 880.3 892.5 892.5
2016 31.8 19.4 -- 5,703.4 -- 179.2 5,933.8 1,215.3 1,234.7 1,234.7
2017 39.3 43.4 -- 5,725.4 -- 168.9 5,977.0 1,365.1 1,408.5 1,408.5
2018 45.0 47.3 -- 5,755.6 -- 146.8 5,994.7 1,555.4 1,602.7 1,602.7
2019 45.0 58.0 -- 5,584.8 -- 146.8 5,834.6 1,796.6 1,854.6 1,854.6
2020 280.0 83.0 -- 5,565.9 -- 135.6 6,064.5 2,045.3 2,128.3 2,128.3
2021 56.7 128.0 -- 5,351.2 -- 136.3 5,672.2 2,212.7 2,340.7 2,340.7
2022 56.7 174.2 -- 5,253.1 -- 126.5 5,610.5 2,321.7 2,495.9 2,495.9
Residential Sector
2014 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3,346.3 3,346.3 3,346.3
2015 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5,191.5 5,191.5 5,191.5
2016 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7,527.0 7,527.0 7,527.0
2017 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9,626.8 9,626.8 9,626.8
2018 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11,720.4 11,720.4 11,720.4
2019 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14,249.0 14,249.0 14,249.0
2020 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 17,163.3 17,163.3 17,163.3
2021 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 21,116.2 21,116.2 21,116.2
2022 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 26,294.0 26,294.0 26,294.0

Notes: Wood and wood-derived fuels include wood/wood waste solids (including paper pellets, railroad ties, utility poles, wood chips, bark, and wood waste solids), wood waste liquids (red liquor, sludge wood, spent sulfite liquor, and other wood-based liquids), and black liquor.
Other Biomass includes municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, other biomass solids, other biomass liquids, and other biomass gases (including digester gases, methane, and other biomass gases).
* = Value is less than half of the smallest unit of measure.
Capacity by energy source is based on the capacity associated with the energy source reported as the most predominant (primary) one, where more than one energy source is associated with a generator.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, 'Annual Electric Generator Report.'
Estimated small scale solar photovoltaic generation capacity are based on data from Form EIA-826, Form EIA-861M, Form EIA-861 and from estimation methods described in the technical notes.