Texas is dominating the development of renewable energy generation and battery capacity within the United States, and is estimated to have installed nearly 80% more combined solar, wind and battery capacity than the next largest state.
The Lone Star state has 42,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power, 22,000 MW of solar farms and 6,500 MW of utility-scale battery capacity in place as of the end of 2024, data from Cleanview and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows.
California has the next largest network of renewable generation and battery capacity, while Florida, Arizona and Colorado round out the top 5 list of U.S. states that are deploying renewables and batteries to boost power supplies.
Below is a breakdown of the scale and growth rates of solar, wind and battery storage capacity across the United States.
Texas's emergence as the country's clean energy leader has been fuelled by rapid capacity growth on multiple fronts.
Since 2019, Texas power firms have boosted solar generation capacity by 800%, wind capacity by 50% and battery storage capacity by an eye-popping 5,500%, according to energy data portal Cleanview, using EIA and state-level data.
In absolute terms, Texas has installed around 19,000 MW of solar, 14,000 MW of wind and 6,200 MW of battery capacity within the past five years.
Those installations have resulted in wind and solar farms generating roughly 30% of the state's electricity in 2024, according to Ember, which is up from a combined solar and wind share of around 18% in 2019.
