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Growth of solar energy and battery capacity yields sunny forecast for the industry

by Samantha Fields

Feb 6, 2023

The federal Energy Information Administration predicts that more than half of the new capacity added to the electric grid this year will be solar.

"Now, there's more incentive and more availability of locations to build new solar projects," an Energy Department spokesman said.

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