296 TWh
2025 (latest)
SOLAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION
GWh · 1984–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
0 TWh
1984
296 TWh
high · 2025
0 TWh
low · 1984
up from near zero
since 1984
┊ dashed lines mark 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 SOETPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Million Kilowatthours. Converted only by the declared unit scale. Solar begins in 1984; small-scale PV is included from 2014, a coverage break. Breaks: Solar begins in 1984; small-scale PV is included from 2014, a coverage break.
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=SOETPUS&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 | Solar electricity generation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 296 TWh | +34% |
| 2024 | 220 TWh | +33% |
| 2023 | 166 TWh | +15% |
| 2022 | 144 TWh | +25% |
| 2021 | 115 TWh | +29% |
| 2020 | 89 TWh | +24% |
| 2019 | 72 TWh | +13% |
| 2018 | 64 TWh | +20% |
| 2017 | 53 TWh | +48% |
| 2016 | 36 TWh | +45% |
| 2015 | 25 TWh | +41% |
| 2014 | 18 TWh | +96% |
| 2013 | 9 TWh | +109% |
| 2012 | 4 TWh | +138% |
| 2011 | 2 TWh | +50% |
| 2010 | 1 TWh | +36% |
| 2009 | 1 TWh | +3% |
| 2008 | 1 TWh | +41% |
| 2007 | 1 TWh | +21% |
| 2006 | 1 TWh | −8% |
| 2005 | 1 TWh | −4% |
| 2004 | 1 TWh | +8% |
| 2003 | 1 TWh | −4% |
| 2002 | 1 TWh | +2% |
| 2001 | 1 TWh | +10% |
| 2000 | 0 TWh | −0% |
| 1999 | 0 TWh | −1% |
| 1998 | 1 TWh | −2% |
| 1997 | 1 TWh | −2% |
| 1996 | 1 TWh | +5% |
| 1995 | 0 TWh | +2% |
| 1994 | 0 TWh | +5% |
| 1993 | 0 TWh | +16% |
| 1992 | 0 TWh | −15% |
| 1991 | 0 TWh | +29% |
| 1990 | 0 TWh | +46% |
| 1989 | 0 TWh | +2656% |
| 1988 | 0 TWh | −13% |
| 1987 | 0 TWh | −25% |
| 1986 | 0 TWh | +32% |
| 1985 | 0 TWh | +103% |
| 1984 | 0 TWh | — |
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