Utility-scale battery storage capacity

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1.5gigawatts

United States · 2020

Utility-scale battery storage capacity in United States reached 1.5 gigawatts in 2020 (EIA).

Original source
Publisher
EIA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, October 2022
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

In comparison, we expect battery storage to increase from 1.5 GW in 2020 to 30.0 GW in 2025.

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APA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2020). U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54939. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5HJ25HF5KBKX48001NSQZWFTA8
MLA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025." 2020, https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54939. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5HJ25HF5KBKX48001NSQZWFTA8.
Chicago
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025." 2020. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54939. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5HJ25HF5KBKX48001NSQZWFTA8.
BibTeX
@misc{eia2020utilityzwfta8, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025}, year = {2020}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5HJ25HF5KBKX48001NSQZWFTA8}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54939. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Publisher
U.S. Energy Information Administration · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, October 2022
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
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