A review by the Sun Day Campaign of newly released data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that renewable energy generation increased by 18% in January compared to the same month in the previous year. This growth was driven by a 25% rise in wind power and a 58% increase in utility-scale solar.
Wind turbines across the USA generated 24.9% more electricity than in January 2024, contributing 10.7% of total US electricity production. Combined, wind and both utility-scale and small-scale solar generation rose by 30.1% year-on-year, accounting for 15.8% of total electricity generation—up from 12.8% in January 2024.
The total output from all renewable sources, including wind, solar, hydropower, biomass, and geothermal, was 18% higher than a year earlier. Renewables provided 22.3% of UYS electricity production in January, up from 20.0% the previous year.
Electricity generation from renewables exceeded coal-fired generation by 9.3% and was 26.7% higher than that from nuclear power. As a result, renewables remained the second-largest source of electricity generation in the USA, behind only natural gas.
