U.S. Renewable Deployment Hits Record High Despite Trump

Clean energy kept growing in the U.S. during the first half of 2026, even as federal policy has worked against it. A new report from the American Clean Power Association found the country now has enough wind, solar, and other renewable capacity to power 83 million homes. In the last six months alone, the industry added 17.1 gigawatts of new capacity, and companies signed a record amount of clean energy purchase agreements — deals where businesses or utilities commit to buying power from renewable projects.

This growth has come despite moves from the Trump administration that have made things harder for renewable developers, including cuts to clean energy funding, canceled leases, stop-work orders on projects, and payments to some energy companies to drop renewable plans in favor of fossil fuels. Even with those obstacles, developers kept building.

Separately, a United Nations report released this week found that countries worldwide are falling short of the climate targets they agreed to under the 2015 Paris Agreement, and it calls for faster clean energy deployment to limit further damage.

None of this changes anything directly for your own home right now — no new rebate program or deadline is involved. But it points to a bigger trend: renewable energy is expanding and getting cheaper across the country, which over time can affect electricity prices and the options available to homeowners looking to add solar, heat pumps, or other upgrades.