Solar Becomes Energy’s Biggest Winner

By Douglas McIntyre  •  February 23, 2026

New data from the EIA show that utilities’ new energy capacity will come primarily from solar this year. No one saw that coming. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of Climatecrisis247, explains.

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