Summary

This monthly report tracks battery storage projects by capacity, state, entity owners, and ownership type.

Source

Analysis and data for this report was done by Zpryme using the U.S. EIA 860 monthly generation operator data.

U.S. Battery Capacity and Projects Through July 2022

• In July 2022, 8 operational battery projects were added in the U.S., accounting for an additional 397 MW of capacity. Compared to June, cumulative operational battery capacity increased by 6.7% in July.
• As of July 2022, cumulative operational battery projects totaled 366 with a capacity of 6,287 MW.
• Future planned capacity decreased by 138 MW in July 2022, reaching a total of 16,796 MW (vs 16,658 in June of 2022).
• From January 2022 to July 2022, a total of 50 battery projects have been added in the U.S., accounting for an additional 1,718 MW of capacity.
• Since January 2021, U.S. operational battery capacity has increased by 4,656 MW or 285%.
• As of July 2022, 80.9% of battery capacity was owned by Non-CHP IPPs and 19.0% was owned by utilities.
• In July 2022, the top 5 states ranked by battery capacity were California (3,254 MW), Texas (1,148 MW), Florida (509 MW), Massachusetts (193 MW), and Nevada (165 MW).
• In July 2022, the top 5 battery project owners ranked by capacity were NextEra Energy (1,053 MW), LS Power (450.0 MW), Terra-Gen (414 MW), Broad Reach Power (339 MW), and AES (324MW).