Q: From what energy source(s) will all that new electricity (11% of global 2015 demand) generation come from?
A: For the first time, more solar systems came online in 2016 than natural gas power plants - the top source of electricity in the US in 2015 - as measured in megawatts.
Solar farms built in 2016 exceeded the 8 gigawatts of natural gas power generating capacity and the 6.8 gigawatts of wind power constructed.Solar farms used by electric power companies accounted for 70 percent of total solar industry growth in the third quarter of 2016.