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Data for August 2025 Release Date: October 24, 2025 Next Release Date: November 25, 2025 Full report PDF
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Table 1.1.A. Net Generation from Renewable Sources: Total (All Sectors), 2015-August 2025
(Thousand Megawatthours)

  Generation at Utility Scale Facilities Small Scale Generation Generation From Utility and Small Scale Facilities
Period Wind Solar
Photovoltaic		 Solar
Thermal		 Wood and
Wood-Derived
Fuels		 Landfill
Gas		 Biogenic
Municipal
Solid Waste		 Other Waste Biomass Geothermal Conventional
Hydroelectric		 Total Renewable Generation at Utility Scale Facilities Estimated Solar Photovoltaic Estimated Total Solar Photovoltaic Estimated Total Solar
Annual Totals
2015 190,719 21,666 3,227 41,929 11,291 7,211 3,201 15,918 249,080 544,241 14,139 35,805 39,032
2016 226,993 32,670 3,384 40,947 11,218 7,265 3,331 15,826 267,812 609,445 18,812 51,483 54,866
2017 254,303 50,018 3,269 41,124 11,543 6,951 3,115 15,927 300,333 686,583 23,990 74,008 77,277
2018 272,667 60,234 3,592 40,936 11,036 7,136 2,724 15,967 292,524 706,816 29,539 89,773 93,365
2019 295,882 68,719 3,218 38,543 10,468 6,093 2,402 15,473 287,874 728,673 34,957 103,676 106,894
2020 337,938 86,066 3,133 36,219 10,212 6,080 2,201 15,890 285,274 783,012 41,522 127,588 130,721
2021 378,197 112,335 2,924 36,463 9,421 6,101 2,267 15,975 251,585 815,267 49,164 161,499 164,422
2022 434,297 140,793 2,999 35,466 8,535 5,776 2,073 16,087 254,789 900,814 61,282 202,075 205,074
2023 421,141 162,683 2,847 31,615 7,935 5,568 2,082 16,367 245,002 895,241 73,406 236,090 238,937
2024 451,904 216,715 3,118 31,564 7,341 5,402 2,115 15,407 242,896 976,463 83,918 300,634 303,752
Year 2023
January 38,358 7,722 84 2,920 694 483 168 1,420 22,754 74,603 3,989 11,711 11,795
February 41,424 9,326 109 2,533 614 420 174 1,302 19,961 75,863 4,387 13,713 13,822
March 43,584 12,059 154 2,704 670 446 162 1,442 21,331 82,552 6,005 18,064 18,218
April 42,746 14,767 295 2,336 623 409 157 1,356 19,820 82,507 6,742 21,509 21,803
May 32,227 16,981 300 2,654 692 475 176 1,345 27,651 82,502 7,543 24,525 24,824
June 27,547 17,469 365 2,579 666 483 159 1,293 21,572 72,134 7,405 24,874 25,239
July 28,005 18,514 380 2,758 674 497 165 1,296 21,978 74,266 7,720 26,234 26,614
August 28,394 17,435 309 2,884 680 482 174 1,267 21,293 72,919 7,504 24,938 25,248
Sept 28,353 15,290 293 2,573 629 441 160 1,315 16,916 65,968 6,604 21,894 22,187
October 36,020 13,834 287 2,317 649 463 191 1,420 15,673 70,853 6,076 19,910 20,196
November 36,445 10,280 166 2,584 651 471 183 1,440 17,026 69,246 4,938 15,218 15,384
December 38,038 9,006 106 2,774 693 498 213 1,473 19,028 71,829 4,494 13,500 13,606
Year 2024
January 34,791 9,504 79 2,849 642 467 186 1,399 21,554 71,471 4,726 14,230 14,309
February 40,982 12,421 119 2,621 605 421 176 1,303 20,795 79,444 5,342 17,763 17,882
March 45,102 15,798 221 2,651 638 422 181 1,359 23,363 89,736 7,113 22,911 23,132
April 47,088 18,909 332 2,423 583 408 158 1,280 20,916 92,097 7,832 26,741 27,073
May 39,256 21,957 414 2,575 638 469 176 1,246 24,477 91,209 8,539 30,496 30,910
June 38,661 24,045 414 2,681 593 450 168 1,202 22,397 90,610 8,553 32,598 33,012
July 28,304 24,122 361 2,806 624 475 166 1,218 21,384 79,460 8,778 32,901 33,262
August 29,290 23,974 354 2,839 641 480 175 1,227 20,491 79,472 8,412 32,387 32,741
Sept 29,178 20,203 335 2,563 604 447 170 1,201 15,911 70,614 7,511 27,714 28,049
October 39,592 19,595 233 2,240 608 448 187 1,261 15,352 79,514 6,736 26,331 26,564
November 40,133 13,705 136 2,550 577 456 180 1,317 16,723 75,779 5,393 19,098 19,234
December 39,527 12,481 120 2,765 588 457 192 1,393 19,533 77,057 4,984 17,465 17,585
Year 2025
January 43,612 15,340 88 2,758 622 449 184 1,389 21,429 85,871 5,397 20,738 20,825
February 39,357 16,283 139 2,527 577 417 170 1,252 19,541 80,263 5,806 22,088 22,227
March 50,607 22,991 170 2,691 634 432 183 1,388 22,454 101,549 7,961 30,953 31,123
April 45,889 26,371 298 2,289 574 428 176 1,306 22,840 100,171 8,758 35,129 35,428
May 36,881 29,293 330 2,588 600 433 165 1,253 24,358 95,902 9,309 38,602 38,932
June 35,788 31,356 387 2,700 616 435 155 1,278 22,161 94,876 9,425 40,781 41,168
July 31,816 32,806 369 2,902 611 461 159 1,285 19,984 90,393 9,858 42,664 43,032
August 27,297 31,164 337 2,835 579 464 156 1,349 19,983 84,164 9,319 40,483 40,820
Year to Date
2023 282,284 114,273 1,995 21,366 5,313 3,696 1,335 10,721 176,361 617,345 51,295 165,568 167,563
2024 303,474 150,731 2,295 21,446 4,965 3,593 1,386 10,234 175,376 673,499 59,294 210,025 212,320
2025 311,246 205,604 2,118 21,290 4,812 3,519 1,349 10,499 172,751 733,189 65,834 271,438 273,555
Rolling 12 Months Ending in August
2024 442,331 199,141 3,147 31,695 7,587 5,465 2,132 15,881 244,018 951,395 81,406 280,547 283,694
2025 459,676 271,588 2,942 31,408 7,189 5,328 2,078 15,673 240,271 1,036,153 90,458 362,046 364,988

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 Waste Biomass includes sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, other biomass solids, other biomass liquids, and other biomass gases (including digester gases, methane, and other biomass gases).
Notes: Beginning with 2001 data, non-biogenic municipal solid waste and tire-derived fuels are reclassified as non-renewable energy sources and included in Other. Biogenic municipal solid waste is included in Other Renewable Sources.
See Glossary for definitions. Values for 2024 and prior years are final. Values for 2025 are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms.Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. NM=Not meaningful due to large standard error. W=Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-920 Combined Heat and Power Plant Report; and predecessor forms.
Beginning with 2008 data, the Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report, replaced the following: Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; Form EIA-920, Combined Heat and Power Plant Report; Form EIA-423, Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report; and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 423, Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants.
Estimated small scale solar photovoltaic generation and small scale solar photovoltaic capacity are based on data from Form EIA-861M, Form EIA-861 and from estimation methods described in the technical notes.