42.8 GW
2025 (latest)
BATTERY STORAGE CAPACITY
GW · 2010–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
0.0 GW
2010
42.8 GW
high · 2025
0.0 GW
low · 2010
up from near zero
since 2010
┊ dashed lines mark 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN BTGBPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Million Kilowatts. Converted only by the declared unit scale. Exception: battery storage is a recent instrument; 2010–2025, at least 10 annual points. By-source capacity begins in 1989. Breaks: Exception: battery storage is a recent instrument; 2010–2025, at least 10 annual points. By-source capacity begins in 1989.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=BTGBPUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Battery storage capacity | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.8 GW | +58% |
| 2024 | 27.0 GW | +69% |
| 2023 | 16.0 GW | +78% |
| 2022 | 9.0 GW | +89% |
| 2021 | 4.7 GW | +215% |
| 2020 | 1.5 GW | +49% |
| 2019 | 1.0 GW | +19% |
| 2018 | 0.9 GW | +28% |
| 2017 | 0.7 GW | +19% |
| 2016 | 0.6 GW | +91% |
| 2015 | 0.3 GW | +87% |
| 2014 | 0.2 GW | +7% |
| 2013 | 0.1 GW | +3% |
| 2012 | 0.1 GW | +109% |
| 2011 | 0.1 GW | +143% |
| 2010 | 0.0 GW | — |
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