US Energy Storage Monitor
2025 U.S. Energy Storage Installations Set New Record, Surpass 2024 by 52%
2025 U.S. Energy Storage Installations Set New Record, Surpass 2024 by 52%
Delivered quarterly, the US Energy Storage Monitor from the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables provides the clean power industry with exclusive insights through comprehensive research on energy storage markets, deployments, policies, regulations and financing in the United States.
The U.S. energy storage market hit a record 18.9 gigawatts of battery energy storage system installations in 2025, a 52% increase over 2024, according to the latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report released today by the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie.
In a year of record growth, Q4 of 2025 closed with the strongest quarterly totals on record with 5.8 GW installed. Utility scale installations accounted for 4.9 GW of the Q4 total, a 31% increase over the previous year. New activity was spread across 13 different states, demonstrating market diversification outside of California and Texas, which have historically dominated utility-scale battery energy storage deployment.
Report Highlights
- The U.S. installed 18.9 GW of utility, C&I, and residential battery energy storage systems in 2025.
- Q4 2025 set quarterly record with 5.8 GW installed.
- The U.S. is projected to install 500 GWh of storage from 2026-2031, a 250% increase over 2020-2025.
- Over 50 GW/144 GWh of cumulative energy storage has been installed in the US since 2019, with average annual installations growing 107% year-over-year on a MWh basis.
- Utility-scale battery system price (US/$kW) increased 23% year-over-year.
The report also includes key quarterly trends and analysis on impactful market regulation, policy, system prices, and supply chain across all segments. The report provides industry professionals with actionable and intelligent insights to better inform business decisions.
The new US Energy Storage Monitor | Q1 2026 was released March 24.
More Resources
- Executive Summary: The executive summary is complementary to ACP members and the public.
- PowerCast: ACP members can watch the PowerCast led by the report authors to dive deeper into the findings.
- Other 2025 reports:
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About the U.S. Energy Storage Monitor
The US Energy Storage Monitor is offered quarterly in two versions – the executive summary and the full report.
- The executive summary is complimentary to member companies and provides a bird’s eye view of the U.S. energy storage market and the trends shaping it.
- In contrast, the full report features state-by-state breakdowns and analysis on storage deployments, growth forecasts, policies helping or hindering growth, financing trends, and market strategies. It is available individually each quarter or as part of an annual subscription.
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This page was last updated March 24, 2026
