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The US plans a record 86 GW of new capacity in a year

development2026-02-25

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The US plans a record 86 GW of new capacity this year, half of it solar, while Form Energy deploys a 30-GWh battery for a Google datacenter in Minnesota and Boom Supersonic delivers 1.21 GW to Crusoe.

Reported metric: 86 GW / 30 GWh

Reporting date: 2026-02-25 (not necessarily the event date)

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The US plans a record 86 GW of new capacity in a year
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Reporting date: 2026-02-25
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-25-record-86gw-of-new-capacity
Claim: The US plans a record 86 GW of new capacity this year, half of it solar, while Form Energy deploys a 30-GWh battery for a Google datacenter in Minnesota and Boom Supersonic delivers 1.21 GW to Crusoe.
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- Welcome to February 25, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-25-2026
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