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Solar met 61% of US electricity demand growth in 2025

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Solar grew most where electricity demand grew most. The three regions with the largest rises in solar generation also had the largest rises in electricity demand.

Texas saw the largest rise in utility solar generation of any US region, where solar met 81% of the demand rise. The Midwest region saw the second largest rise, where solar also met 81% of the demand rise. The Mid-Atlantic region had the largest rise in electricity grid demand, of which 33% was met by solar growth.

Solar growth exceeded demand growth by a large margin in Florida, contributing to a fall in fossil generation. In the Southwest, Northwest, Southeast and California regions, solar met about all of the rise in electricity demand.

Overall, the majority of new solar generation across the US happened where electricity demand grew, and therefore most of the rise in solar met rising electricity demand rather than displacing existing generation.

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