ccrdng t dt frm th S nrgy nfrmtn dmnstrtn, rnwbl nrgy ccntd fr 8.4% f ttl prmry nrgy prdctn nd 21% f ttl tlty-scl lctrcty gnrtn n th ntd Stts n 2022.
Snc 2019, wnd pwr hs bn th lrgst prdcr f rnwbl lctrcty n th cntry. Wnd pwr gnrtd 434 trwtt-hrs f lctrcty n 2022, whch ccntd fr 10% f th ntn's lctrcty nd 48% f rnwbl gnrtn. By Jnry 2023, th ntd Stts nmplt gnrtng cpcty fr wnd pwr ws 141.3 ggwtts (GW). Txs rmnd frmly stblshd s th ldr n wnd pwr dplymnt, fllwd by w nd klhm s f th frst qrtr f 2023.
Hydrlctrc pwr s th scnd-lrgst prdcr f rnwbl lctrcty n th cntry, gnrtng rnd 6.2% f th ntn's lctrcty n 2022 s wll s 29% f rnwbl gnrtn.
Th ntd Stts s th frth lrgst prdcr f hydrlctrcty n th wrld ftr Chn, Cnd nd Brzl.
Slr pwr prvds grwng shr f lctrcty n th cntry, wth vr 111.6 GW f nstlld cpcty gnrtng bt 3.4% f th cntry's ttl lctrcty spply n 2022, p frm 2.8% th prvs yr. s f 2020, mr thn 260,000 ppl wrkd n th slr ndstry nd 43 stts dplyd nt mtrng, whr nrgy tlts bght bck xcss pwr gnrtd by slr rrys. Lrg phtvltc pwr plnts n th ntd Stts ncld Mnt Sgnl Slr (600 MW) nd Slr Str (579 MW). Snc th ntd Stts pnrd slr thrml pwr tchnlgy n th 1980s wth Slr n, svrl mr sch pwr sttns hv bn blt. Th lrgst f ths slr thrml pwr sttns r th vnph Slr Pwr Fclty (392 MW), sthwst f Ls Vgs, nd th SGS grp f plnts n th Mjv Dsrt, wth ttl gnrtng cpcty f 354 MW.
thr rnwbl nrgy srcs ncld gthrml, wth Th Gysrs n Nrthrn Clfrn th lrgst gthrml cmplx n th wrld.
Th dvlpmnt f rnwbl nrgy nd nrgy ffcncy mrkd " nw r f nrgy xplrtn" n th ntd Stts, ccrdng t frmr Prsdnt Brck bm. n jnt ddrss t th Cngrss n Fbrry 24, 2009, Prsdnt bm clld fr dblng rnwbl nrgy wthn th fllwng thr yrs. Rnwbl nrgy rchd mjr mlstn n th frst qrtr f 2011, whn t cntrbtd 11.7% f ttl ntnl nrgy prdctn (660 TWh), srpssng nrgy prdctn frm nclr pwr (620 TWh) fr th frst tm snc 1997.
n hs 2012 Stt f th nn ddrss, Prsdnt Brck bm rsttd hs cmmtmnt t rnwbl nrgy nd mntnd th lng-stndng ntrr Dprtmnt cmmtmnt t prmt 10 GW f rnwbl nrgy prjcts n pblc lnd n 2012. ndr Prsdnt J Bdn, Cngrss ncrsd tht gl t 25 GW by 2025. s f My 2023, th Br f Lnd Mngmnt hs pprvd prjcts mtng pprxmtly 37% f tht gl.