Utility-scale battery storage capacity

RecordSTO-F513GQ1PJM-TR9W2SHPPF-09YXTS

30gigawatts
forecast

United States · 2025

EIA projected utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States at 30 gigawatts in 2025.

Original source

Power generation capacity in United States: every year, the rank and how it is measured

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.

Checked: the figure 30 gigawattsis stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2025). 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_F513GQ1PJMTR9W2SHPPF09YXTS

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MLA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025." 2025, https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54939. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_F513GQ1PJMTR9W2SHPPF09YXTS.
Chicago
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025." 2025. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54939. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_F513GQ1PJMTR9W2SHPPF09YXTS.
BibTeX
@misc{eia2025utility09yxts, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {U.S. battery storage capacity will increase significantly by 2025}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_F513GQ1PJMTR9W2SHPPF09YXTS}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54939. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary source

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
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Locator
Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, October 2022
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Permanent URL
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