Planned utility-scale battery storage capacity additions

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT1 Official
54GW
forecast

United States · 2026–2028

EIA projects planned utility-scale battery storage capacity additions in United States at 54 GW in 2026–2028.

Original source
Publisher
EIA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Operators anticipate bringing an additional 54 GW of battery storage capacity online over the next two and half years, according to plans they report to us.

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APA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2028). 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_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPTP
MLA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years." 2028, https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67925. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPTP.
Chicago
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years." 2028. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67925. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPTP.
BibTeX
@misc{eia2028plannedmbjptp, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {Battery storage capacity averaged 70\% growth over the last three years}, year = {2028}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPTP}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67925. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Publisher
U.S. Energy Information Administration · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
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Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPTP