1、US Electricity 2025 Special ReportThe US clean electricity transition continued as wind and solar generated more than coal for the first time.Electricity demand growth sped up and solar generation rose more quickly than gas to help meet it.12 March 2025Dave JonesKostantsa RangelovaDaan WalterBryony

2、WorthingtonThis report analyses full-year US Energy Information Administrations(EIA)electricity data which was published on 26th February to give an up-to-date view of the US electricity system and key developments in 2024.Embers US Data Explorer has the monthly state generation data freely accessib

3、le to empower others to do their own analysis.Wind and solar combined produced a record 17%of US electricity in 2024,overtaking coal at 15%for the first time.The year-on-year increase in electricity demand the fifth largest year-on-year increase this century.The year-on-year increase in solar genera

4、tion,larger than than the 59 TWh rise in gas generation.2AboutHighlights17%3%64 TWhExecutive summary 52024 in review 9Demand rising fast,but not yet surging 9Record solar led clean generation growth 11Fossil generation increased as gas rose almost three times more than coal fell 13Imports 14Insight

5、1 16Wind and solar overtake coal nationwide 16Wind and solar overtake coal in 24 states since 2007 17Insight 2 20Solar reaches over 30%of electricity in two states for the first time ever 20The rise of batteries will enable solar to continue growing 21Insight 3 25Gas and clean growth met rising elec

6、tricity demand rather than replacing coal 26Gas rising with electricity demand is evident at a state level 27Insight 4 29Faster electricity demand growth halted the historic fall in US power emissions 30The last 17 years of progress means electricity got cleaner almost everywhere 313ContentsPower ge