# Chart: US to overwhelmingly build clean power in 2026

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**Category:** Renewable Energy\
**Created:** [March 7, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/chart-us-to-overwhelmingly-build-clean-power-in-2026/123680 "2026-03-07T07:03:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaagu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/jaagu/32/6160_2.png) [@jaagu](https://discussion.fool.com/u/jaagu)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/chart-us-to-overwhelmingly-build-clean-power-in-2026/123680/1 "2026-03-07T07:03:16Z")

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> **[Chart: US to overwhelmingly build clean power in 2026](https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-us-overwhelmingly-build-clean-power)**
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> A federal agency says solar, battery, and wind additions will vastly outpace new gas facilities in what’s set to be a record year for power plant…

Each year around this time, the federal government releases its expectations for new power plant construction. The **[latest data drop](https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67205)** shows clean energy is going to dominate this year, just as it has for **[many](https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/us-new-wind-solar-batteries-2025-trump)** **[years](https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-96-percent-of-new-us-power-capacity-was-carbon-free-in-2024)** **[running](https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-clean-energy-to-make-up-84-of-new-us-power-capacity-in-2023)**. Even as the Trump administration has employed novel and at times legally dubious means to **[block renewable energy growth](https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/climate-crisis/trump-assault-climate-clean-energy-reversible)**, the power sector keeps choosing clean energy again and again — attracted by its low costs, speed to build, and climate and environmental benefits.

This year, solar will provide 51% of the new utility-scale electricity capacity slated to come online, batteries will deliver 28%, and wind will add 14%, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Fossil gas, one of the polluting fuels most supported by the Trump administration, makes up only 7% of that new capacity. Coal, the other polluting fuel **[favored by the White House](https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/can-the-war-on-coal-be-won)**, does not appear in the ranks of power plants under construction.

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**Author:** ![Goofyhoofy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/goofyhoofy/32/4721_2.png) [@Goofyhoofy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Goofyhoofy)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/chart-us-to-overwhelmingly-build-clean-power-in-2026/123680/2 "2026-03-07T12:20:19Z")

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Maybe they noticed that while the tankers are piling up in the Strait of Hormuz and the price of oil is north of $90bbl, the price of solar and wind haven’t changed at all.

Funny thing about that.