The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)'s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook just came out, and there is good news for renewables.

According to the forecast, renewable energy sources will provide 22% of U.S. electricity generation in 2022 and 24% in 2023, up from 20% in 2021.

We looked into the data, and found that the specific expectations for solar are outstanding.

The numbers are inspiring on their own. We'll let them do the talking:

- The U.S. electric power sector added 13 GW of utility-scale solar PV capacity in 2021, and is predicted to add 20GW in 2022, and 24GW in 2023;

- An extra 31 billion kWh of electric power will be generated in 2022, and 41 billion kWh in 2023 [this excludes small-scale solar PV systems];

- Solar energy consumption in the residential sector was .329 Quadrillion BTU (quad) in 2021, and will increase to .404 quad in 2022, and then .482 in 2023;

- Small-scale solar electric generating capacity was 32,972 MW in 2021, and will increase to 39,825 MW in 2022, and then to 48,381 in 2023;

- Small-scale solar electricity generation was 49 billion kWh in 2021, and will increase to 60.3 billion kWh in 2022, and then to 72.8 billion in 2023.

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