Renewables 2022 Global Status Report United States of America Factsheet

Renewables 2022 Global Status Report United States of America Factsheet Key Headlines: • Renewables energy shares and targets o The United States ranked second globally in 2021 in a number of renewable energy categories notably installed power capacity, including total renewable power, solar PV, wind power, concentrating solar thermal power and wind power. [...] • Renewable energy policies and fossil fuel phase-out o New rules adopted in 2020 enable distributed energy resources to be aggregated together and to participate directly in the country’s bulk electricity markets. [...] UNITED STATES ENERGY STATISTICS GDP 23.00 USD trillion as of 2020 Population 331,893,745 as of 2020 USD invested in renewables in the country The United States invested 46.7 billion USD in renewables in 2021, equivalent to the GDP of Uruguay 2020. [...] RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY SITUATION IN THE UNITED STATES Indicator Sector and year Renewable energy targets • Economy-wide RE: No national target, but a sub-national target of 100% clean energy in Oregon by 2040. [...] • Renewable heating and cooling mandates in buildings in Connecticut and Rhode Island.