The Energy Information Administration expects renewable energy sources to generate almost a quarter of the nation’s electricity by next year, but some markets will still hold fast to natural gas as their primary energy source.

In the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, EIA forecasted renewable sources will generate around 22% of the nation’s electricity this year before growing to 24% in 2023. Much of that growth was attributed to a glut of wind and solar generation capacity coming online this year to fill the space left by retiring coal-fired and nuclear facilities.

“The largest renewable projects that came online in the first six months of 2022 include the 999 MW Traverse Wind Project in Oklahoma, the 492 MW Maverick Creek Wind in Texas and the 440 MW solar and battery...