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title: "So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/so-much-solar-digging-into-the-list-of-every-us-power-plant-that-went-online-this-year-qql6koubl
source_url: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/so-much-solar-digging-into-the-list-of-every-us-power-plant-that-went-online-this-year
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source: "Ars Technica"
published: 2026-08-15T12:39:17.166Z
updated: 2026-08-15T12:43:38.566Z
reading_time: 2
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language: en
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# So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year

**[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Data from the US Energy Information Administration shows 368 utility-scale power plants came online in the US during the first half of 2026. While the largest individual projects are legacy wind farms like SunZia (3,650 MW combined) and Vineyard Wind offshore, plus a 900-MW gas plant in Ohio, the broader trend is dominated by utility-scale solar (207 projects) and batteries (95 projects), signaling where near-term growth is concentrated even as onshore wind development has slowed.

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