Together, solar and battery storage account for 81% of the expected total capacity additions, with solar making up over 50% of the increase. In 2024, generators added a record 30 GW of utility-scale solar to the U. power grid in 2025 in our latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory report. 6 GW of capacity was installed, the largest. . When combined with cheap solar, rapid battery pack cost reductions will continue to threaten all other energy sources for grid power over the next five years. Developers of geothermal, nuclear and ostensibly “clean” fossil fuel power will have to reckon with cheap “no moving parts” local energy. . For solar-plus-storage—the pairing of solar photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage technologies—NLR researchers study and quantify the economic and grid impacts of distributed and utility-scale systems. Much of NLR's current energy storage research is informing solar-plus-storage analysis. Further, all net new generating capacity in 2026 is forecast to be provided by renewable energy and batteries, according to data recently released by the US Energy Information. .
From solar farms in Europe to manufacturing plants in Asia, these modular units act like a Swiss Army knife for energy management – compact, adaptable, and ready to deploy. Unlike traditional fixed installations, modular container solutions offer plug-and-play convenience. . Lithuanian solar developer SNG Solar has signed an agreement with the Freeport of Riga Authority to construct a 100 MW solar plant in the port of Riga SNG Solar will build the 100 MW solar plant within five years, as outlined in the agreement. The project provides for the installation of solar panels, renewable solar electricity. . By investing more than one million euros, the company SIA “Baltic Container Terminal” (BCT), operating in the port of Riga, has built a new solar panel power plant, which in the future will replace part of the electricity amount, necessary for the company's operation, with green energy. Upon completion, the facility will be one of the largest solar projects in the Baltics.