Utility-scale battery storage capacity vs Carbon intensity of electricity generation in United States
In 2020, utility-scale battery storage capacity in United States was 1.5 gigawatts; carbon intensity of electricity generation was 411.7 gCO2e/kWh.
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United States, annual figures, spaced by time from 2020 to 2025 . Different units, drawn on separate scales and clipped to the years both series publish; earlier history stays on each indicator’s own page. Read the values, not the heights.
Utility-scale battery storage capacity
Unit: gigawatts · 2 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band
Carbon intensity of electricity generation
Unit: gCO2e/kWh · 6 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Utility-scale battery storage capacity | Carbon intensity of electricity generation |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.5 gigawatts EIA | 411.7 gCO2e/kWh Ember |
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
Utility-scale battery storage capacity
Total cumulative maximum electrical output capacity of operating utility-scale battery storage installations.
2 observations charted in United States · source organisations: EIA
Carbon intensity of electricity generation
Emissions intensity of electricity generation, measured as greenhouse gas emissions in carbon dioxide equivalent (gCO2e) per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated.
6 observations charted in United States (of 26 annual records) · source organisations: Ember
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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