Utility-scale battery storage capacity
RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XC3-BMVT0FP162-MBJPTN
United States · as of 30 Jun 2026
Utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States was nearly 52 GW as of 30 June 2026 (EIA).
Power generation capacity in United States: every year, the rank and how it is measured
- Publisher
- EIA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
During the first six months of 2026, operators added another 8.3 GW of battery storage capacity, reaching nearly 52 GW of nameplate battery storage capacity, based on our latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory.
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APA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2026). Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67925. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPTN
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- MLA
- U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years." 2026, https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67925. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPTN.
- Chicago
- U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years." 2026. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67925. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPTN.
- BibTeX
- @misc{eia2026utilitymbjptn, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {Battery storage capacity averaged 70\% growth over the last three years}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPTN}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67925. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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- U.S. Energy Information Administration · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years
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- Press release
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- Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
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- Verified
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- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
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