"In 2024, developers built energy storage at a rapid clip, adding nearly 11 GW to the grid. The industry is poised to grow even faster in 2025."
"Last year was fantastic for battery storage. This year is poised to be even better.
The U.S. is set to plug over 18 gigawatts of new utility-scale energy storage capacity into the grid in 2025, up from 2024’s record-setting total of almost 11 GW, per Energy Information Administration data analyzed by Cleanview. Should that expectation bear out, the U.S. will have installed more grid batteries this year alone than it had installed altogether as of 2023.
The U.S. grid battery sector has been on a tear in recent years — and California and Texas are the reasons why. Combined, the two states have installed nearly three-quarters of the country’s total energy storage capacity of over 26 GW.
California has long held the top spot on large-scale battery storage installations. Even last year, when the EIA forecast that Texas would claim the lead, California held on by a few hundred megawatts. This year EIA again expects Texas to outpace California, only now by an even wider margin than last year. The Lone Star State could build nearly 7 GW of utility-scale storage in 2025 compared to California’s 4.2 GW."
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