1279 GW
2025 (latest)
TOTAL GENERATING CAPACITY
GW · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
63 GW
1949
1279 GW
high · 2025
63 GW
low · 1949
+1918%
since 1949
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN ELGBPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Million Kilowatts. Converted only by the declared unit scale. By-source capacity begins in 1989; total capacity has earlier coverage. Breaks: By-source capacity begins in 1989; total capacity has earlier coverage.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=ELGBPUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Total generating capacity | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1279 GW | +4% |
| 2024 | 1229 GW | +3% |
| 2023 | 1188 GW | +2% |
| 2022 | 1161 GW | +1% |
| 2021 | 1146 GW | +3% |
| 2020 | 1116 GW | +2% |
| 2019 | 1099 GW | +0% |
| 2018 | 1095 GW | +1% |
| 2017 | 1084 GW | +1% |
| 2016 | 1074 GW | +1% |
| 2015 | 1064 GW | −0% |
| 2014 | 1068 GW | +1% |
| 2013 | 1060 GW | −0% |
| 2012 | 1063 GW | +1% |
| 2011 | 1051 GW | +1% |
| 2010 | 1039 GW | +1% |
| 2009 | 1025 GW | +2% |
| 2008 | 1010 GW | +2% |
| 2007 | 995 GW | +1% |
| 2006 | 986 GW | +1% |
| 2005 | 978 GW | +2% |
| 2004 | 963 GW | +2% |
| 2003 | 948 GW | +5% |
| 2002 | 905 GW | +7% |
| 2001 | 848 GW | +5% |
| 2000 | 812 GW | +3% |
| 1999 | 786 GW | +1% |
| 1998 | 776 GW | −0% |
| 1997 | 779 GW | +0% |
| 1996 | 776 GW | +1% |
| 1995 | 769 GW | +1% |
| 1994 | 764 GW | +1% |
| 1993 | 755 GW | +1% |
| 1992 | 747 GW | +1% |
| 1991 | 740 GW | +1% |
| 1990 | 734 GW | +2% |
| 1989 | 722 GW | +7% |
| 1988 | 678 GW | +1% |
| 1987 | 674 GW | +1% |
| 1986 | 665 GW | +1% |
| 1985 | 655 GW | +3% |
| 1984 | 635 GW | +2% |
| 1983 | 621 GW | +1% |
| 1982 | 614 GW | +3% |
| 1981 | 598 GW | +3% |
| 1980 | 579 GW | +2% |
| 1979 | 566 GW | +2% |
| 1978 | 552 GW | +3% |
| 1977 | 536 GW | +4% |
| 1976 | 517 GW | +5% |
| 1975 | 491 GW | +5% |
| 1974 | 469 GW | +7% |
| 1973 | 440 GW | +11% |
| 1972 | 396 GW | +8% |
| 1971 | 366 GW | +9% |
| 1970 | 336 GW | +9% |
| 1969 | 310 GW | +9% |
| 1968 | 284 GW | +6% |
| 1967 | 267 GW | +8% |
| 1966 | 248 GW | +5% |
| 1965 | 235 GW | +5% |
| 1964 | 224 GW | +7% |
| 1963 | 210 GW | +9% |
| 1962 | 192 GW | +7% |
| 1961 | 179 GW | +7% |
| 1960 | 167 GW | +7% |
| 1959 | 156 GW | +9% |
| 1958 | 143 GW | +9% |
| 1957 | 131 GW | +10% |
| 1956 | 120 GW | +5% |
| 1955 | 114 GW | +14% |
| 1954 | 100 GW | +7% |
| 1953 | 93 GW | +12% |
| 1952 | 83 GW | +10% |
| 1951 | 76 GW | +9% |
| 1950 | 69 GW | +9% |
| 1949 | 63 GW | — |
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