Clean Power Quarterly Market Report | Q3 2022
Clean Energy Industry Poised to Capitalize on IRA Passage, but Lingering Policy Issues Lead to Slowest Quarter In Three Years
While the clean energy industry celebrated the August passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest clean energy investment in U.S. history, policy challenges continued to limit clean power growth in the third quarter, according to the Q3 2022 Clean Power Quarterly Market Report.
Developers brought just 3.4 GW of new capacity online, bringing 2022 installations to 14.2 GW. Year-to-date installations are down 18% compared to the same period in 2021, while comparable third quarter additions fell 22%. Quarterly wind installations fell 78%, while solar installations dropped 23%.
Only battery storage, which commissioned 1.2 GW this quarter, increased installations compared to the third quarter of 2021. Storage is having its best year on record, with 2022 installations already nearly even with total 2021 volumes.
Project delays weighed heavily on installation volumes as developers struggled to procure solar panels, faced supply chain challenges, and confronted ever-growing interconnection queues to connect projects to the grid. In total, 14 GW of clean power capacity was delayed this quarter, adding to a growing backlog of delayed projects that totals 36 GW – 63% of which are solar projects.
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Member Briefing | Nov. 9
Members can register for a webinar on November 9th where the ACP market intelligence team will deliver the key highlights from the association’s third quarter market report. This includes updates on deployment volumes, pipeline growth, power purchase agreement activity, and leading market participants. The crew will also discuss the key energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, their implications for the clean energy industry, and highlight notable developments in state energy policy.