# Solar electricity generation in South Carolina

Solar electricity generation in South Carolina was 3.97 TWh in 2025 (provisional). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `electricity_generation_solar`
- Place id: `us-state-45`
- Unit: TWh
- Definition: Net electricity generated from solar energy in the year, in terawatt hours: utility-scale photovoltaic and solar thermal plants of 1 megawatt or more, plus the U.S. Energy Information Administration's estimate of small-scale photovoltaic systems such as rooftop panels.
- Note: United States and its states only, from 2014, the first year of EIA's small-scale estimates. The state total in electricity generation leaves small-scale solar out, so solar divided by that total overstates its share.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity data browser: net generation, all solar (utility-scale and estimated small-scale), all sectors, annual (EIA-923 and EIA-861M) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/), via Data Commons (https://datacommons.org)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-energy-information-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, attribution requested)
- Citation: Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Electricity data browser: net generation, all solar (utility-scale and estimated small-scale), all sectors, annual (EIA-923 and EIA-861M). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/solar-electricity-generation/south-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=electricity_generation_solar&place=us-state-45

| Period | TWh |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 3.97 (provisional) |
| 2024 | 3.56 |
| 2023 | 3.35 |
| 2022 | 2.94 |
| 2021 | 2.71 |
| 2020 | 2.09 |
| 2019 | 1.19 |
| 2018 | 0.76 |
| 2017 | 0.22 |
| 2016 | 0.04 |
| 2015 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 0.01 |