America generated 10.06% more energy with renewables in the first four months of 2026 than it did in the same period the year before. That's according to [1]new figures from America's Energy Information Administration, cited in [2]this report from Electrek :

> The growth was led by utility-scale solar (+21.3%), hydropower (+15.7%), small-scale solar

> In April alone, wind and solar each produced more electricity than US coal plants, while the combination of solar and wind produced 57.0% more electricity than nuclear power.

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> The mix of all renewables, including biomass and geothermal, accounted for 30.0% of total US electrical generation during the first third of 2026 — up from 27.8% a year earlier... EIA reported that, in April, utility-scale solar capacity surpassed wind capacity for the first time (160,208.1 MW vs. 160,100.6 MW). Further, utility-scale battery energy storage capacity increased by 17,703.5 MW, or 58.1%. Nuclear added just 18.4 MW. The combined capacity growth of all utility-scale renewable energy sources for the 12-month period (55,980.3 MW) is two-thirds more (i.e., 67.6%) than that added during the previous 12 months (33,392.0 MW).

"EIA projects no new nuclear generating capacity and a net decline of 5,200.5 MW in fossil fuel capacity."



[1] https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/

[2] https://electrek.co/2026/06/26/eia-renewables-30-percent-us-electricity-generation/