Amite Solar in Louisiana. Credit: Nextera Energy
A review by the Sun Day campaign of Data just released The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveals that, despite the signing of Donald Trump that signed the anti-renewable legislation of the Republican Congress at the beginning of July, the solar electricity during the month by more than 30% balloon, while the wind grew by almost 14%.
Solar Electrical Generation established new records in July and the first seven months of 2025:
Eia’s last monthly “Electric electricity monthly“Report (with data up to and including 31 July 2025), again confirms that solar energy is the fastest growing under the most important sources of American electricity.
In July alone, the electric generation was bleached by Utility-Scal Zonne Zon (ie> 1 MW) by a third (36.9%) compared to July 2024, while “estimated” small-scale (e.g. roof) solar PV increased by 12.7%. Combined, they grew with 30.4% and offered almost a tenth (9.4%) of the electric output of the nation during the month, an increase of 7.5% a year ago.
Moreover, the thermal and photovoltaic on solar energy on solar energy has been expanded by 37.4%, while from small-scale systems it rose by 11.0% during the first seven months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. January-Juli a rise of 7.0% a year earlier.
As a result, Solar Energy, generated year-to-date (YTD) generated by solar energy, easily-with more than 54%-the output of the hydroelectric power stations of the nation (5.7%). In July alone, solar energy generated more electricity doubled more than the output of the hydroelectric power stations of the nation. In fact, Solar produced more electricity in both July and YTD than combined hydropower, biomass and geothermal energy.
Moreover, in July 4% more electricity was generated by solar energy-zonne-Zonne energy than by the wind farms of the nation. Including small-scale systems, wind-powered wind produced by more than 35% during the month.
Wind also made a strong show in July and YTD:
Wind turbines in the US produced nearly one ninth (10.8%) of American electricity in the first seven months of 2025-a 3.5% increase in comparison with the same period a year earlier and the electric generation almost doubled through the country’s water power plants.
In July alone, wind generated electricity was 13.8% larger than a year earlier.
Wind + Solar is almost one fifth of the total American electrical generation-one larger share than that of coal or nuclear energy:
During the first seven months of 2025, an electrical generation by Wind Plus Nuts scale and small-scale solar-solar energy offered nearly one fifth (19.6%) of the American total, an increase of 17.8% during the first seven months of 2024.
Furthermore, the combination of wind and solar energy delivered 19.1% more electricity than coal in the first seven months of this year, and 14.1% more than the nuclear power stations of the country. As solar energy and wind grew quickly, the nuclear generated electricity decreased by 1.0%.
Electric output YTD Due to the mix of all renewable energy sources, almost 27% of the total American generation was:
The mix of all renewable energy sources (that is, wind and solar energy plus water power, biomass and geothermal) produced 9.9% more electricity in January-July than a year ago and provided (26.7%) of the total American electricity production compared to 25.1% twelve months earlier.
Electric generation Due to the combination of all renewable energy sources, it grew three times faster than that of the total American electrical generation (9.9% versus 3.3%). The share of renewable energy sources in the electrical generation is now only that only that of natural gas whose electric output actually fell by almost 3.5% during the first seven months of 2025.
“Notwithstanding the anti-renewable provisions in the Trump Megabill, Solar and Wind remain forward,” said the executive director of the Sun Day Campaign Ken Bossong. “In the meantime, the electric output YTD has actually fallen due to the preferred technologies of the Republicans – nuclear energy and natural gas.”
News item from the Sun Day campaign
