Sustainable Energy in America 2026 Factbook
Tracking Market & Policy Trends
The Sustainable Energy in America Factbook provides valuable year-over-year data and insights on the American energy expansion.
Additional Industry Resources
The 2026 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook, produced annually by BloombergNEF in partnership with the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, tracks energy market and policy trends in the United States. The Factbook examines how energy sectors performed in 2025 and over the past decade.
Dive deeper into these topics with the industry reports below.
Energy Sectors
Cross-Sectors
- Clean Power Adds Record 50 GW in 2025 As Surging Electricity Demand Accelerates (2026) – American Clean Power
- The State of U.S. Energy (2025) – Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) and Clean Energy Business Network (CEBN)
Biogas and RNG
- Biogas in America: The 2026 Report (2026) – American Biogas Council
- Near-Term Renewable Natural Gas Demand Assessment (2025) – RNG Coalition and ICF
Energy Efficiency
- Study: Energy Efficiency Can Address Surging Electricity Needs at Half the Cost of Gas Plants (2026) – American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
- Bridging The Load Gap: A Collaborative Path For Utilities, Hyperscalers and Customers (2026) – Alliance to Save Energy and The Ad Hoc Group
- State and Local Policy Database (2025) – American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
- Next Generation Energy Efficiency Resource Standards Update (2025) – American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
- USGBC Impact Report (2024) – U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
- Energy Efficiency Impact Report (2023) – Alliance to Save Energy, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE)
- Insulation Industry Opportunity Study (2022) – North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
Energy Storage
- Cost Benchmarking for Long Duration Energy Storage Solutions (2026) – Long Duration Energy Storage Council
- Accelerating LDES Bankability (2025) – Long Duration Energy Storage Council
- US Energy Storage Monitor (2025) – American Clean Power Association
- The Ultimate Water Battery: Unleashing the Power of Hydropower Energy Storage (2024) – National Hydropower Association (NHA)
Hydropower
- All About Water Power – National Hydropower Association (NHA)
Natural Gas
- 2026 AGA Playbook: Fueling Strong Communities – American Gas Association (AGA)
- The Growing Imperative for Natural Gas Energy Efficiency (2025) – American Gas Foundation
Propane
- Schools That Use Propane – Propane Education & Research Council
- Annual Retail Propane Sales Report (2024) – Propane Education & Research Council and Frost & Sullivan
- Techno-Economic, Feasibility, and Life Cycle Analysis of Renewable Propane (2022) – NREL
Solar
- U.S. Solar Market Insight Report – Q4 2025 – Solar Energy Industries Association
Wind
- US Wind Energy Monitor | Q4 2025 – American Clean Power Association
Additional Topics
Carbon Dioxide Removal
- CDR 2.0: Five Pillars of Successful Project Deployment and Delivery (2026) – Carbon Direct
Carbon Markets
- State of the Voluntary Carbon Market (2026) – Carbon Direct
Critical Minerals
- Copper Age 2.0 (2024) – Copper Development Association & S&P Global
Data Centers
- 2026 Data Center Power Report – Bloom Energy
- Speed-to-Power Bottlenecks Undermine US AI Dominance & Data Center Revenue (2025) – Enchanted Rock
- Measurable Energy Efficiency to Meet Data Center Growth: How Home Energy Efficiency Upgrades Will Make Data Centers and AI Welcome (2025)– AnnDyl Policy Group
- Data Centers Can Procure Affordable, Sustainable Energy in Today’s Constrained Power Markets (2025) – Enchanted Rock & PathFinder Communications
Diesel
Digitization
- Time to Power: A Generational Cycle of Modernization in the U.S. (2025) – Schneider Electric
Investment
- Mapping the Momentum: Where Clean Firm Energy Is Taking Off and Who’s Behind It (2025) – Clean Energy Buyers Association
Manufacturing
- America Builds Power (2025) – American Clean Power Association (ACP)
Sustainability
- 2024 Annual Report – Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
- 2023 Sustainability Report – Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
Workforce
- Working to Win: Rebuilding America’s Workforce for an Age of Geopolitical Competition (2025) – JPMorganChase
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