US forecasts 86GW of new generation capacity in 2026, rivaling the 60GW gas boom of 2002
ben_j_todd · x · 2026-10-18
benjtodd notes the US added 60GW of gas-fired plant capacity in 2002, citing a CoBank chart of annual US generation additions (1945-2026). The 2026 forecast hits 86GW — the highest in decades, led by solar, storage and gas — reflecting the power buildout driven by data center demand.
Related event: US gas power buildout surges: 86GW of new capacity seen in 2026(2 posts)→
More from Infra
- Qwen3.8 27B benchmarks on NVIDIA RTX Spark: 19.3 tok/s decode, 100% accuracy — draginol · 2026-10-19
- Gemma 4 12b on NVIDIA RTX Spark laptop: 31.6 tok/s decode, 100% accuracy — draginol · 2026-10-19
- NVIDIA shows how to scale model endpoints on Kubernetes with Dynamo in 5 minutes — NVIDIAAI · 2026-10-19
- Mac Studio M5 Ultra beats dual DGX Sparks in local LLM decode speeds — SumitGup · 2026-10-19
- Generating a 5:53 music video on an AMD 7900 XTX: any tips? — wgizmo · 2026-10-19
- Qualcomm's NPU runs Qwen3 1.7B locally at 48.2 tok/s at half Nvidia's price — draginol · 2026-10-19