Wind and solar produce 22% of nation’s electricity in first half of 2026

Wind power and solar energy, including small-scale solar installations like you find on rooftops, provided more than 22% of domestic electrical production in the first half of 2026, according to the federal Energy Information Administration’s “Electric Power Monthly” report published on August 25th.

Renewable energy has grown rapidly in recent years. America produced seven times as much electricity from solar energy in 2025 as in 2016, according to the State of Renewable Energy dashboard. Solar and wind power already installed in the U.S. has cut health-harming sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution and reduced global warming pollution.

America has almost unlimited wind and solar resources, enough to power the nation many times over.

“The sooner America gets all its electricity from clean renewable sources, the better it will be for our health and our environment,” said Johanna Neumann, Senior Director of the Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy at Environment America Research & Policy Center.