Ember · Energy

United States: Installed generating capacity, fossil fuels

771.16GW · 2025-3.1% since 2015

Installed electricity generating capacity for fossil fuels. Annual figures for United States from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (GW)Note
2025771.16
2024771.82
2023776.2
2022780.43
2021786.24
2020787.57
2019798.72
2018805.51
2017795.41
2016793.1
2015795.49
2014812.44
2013807.67
2012808.05
2011808.56
2010800.44
2009789.95
2008778.63
2007766.75
2006762.33
2005751.17
2004735.62
2003712.18
2002658.1
2001599.16
2000554.54

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Installed generating capacity, fossil fuels. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-capacity-fossil (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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