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 September 2022

• In September 2022, operational battery projects were added in the U.S., accounting for an additional 132 MW of capacity. Compared to August, cumulative operational battery capacity increased by 2.0% in September.
• As of September 2022, cumulative operational battery projects totaled 380 with a capacity of 6,834 MW.
• Future planned capacity decreased by 239 MW in September 2022, reaching a total of 22,436 MW (vs 22,675 in August of 2022).
• From January 2022 to September 2022, a total of 64 battery projects have been added in the U.S., accounting for an additional 2,264 MW of capacity.
• Since January 2021, U.S. operational battery capacity has increased by 5,202 MW or 319%.
• As of September 2022, 81.0% of battery capacity was owned by Non-CHP IPPs and 19.0% was owned by utilities.
• In September 2022, the top 5 states ranked by battery capacity were California (3,755 MW), Texas (1,168 MW), Florida (520 MW), Massachusetts (202 MW), and Nevada (165 MW).
• In September 2022, the top 5 battery project owners ranked by capacity were NextEra Energy (1,295 MW), LS Power (575 MW), Terra-Gen (547 MW), Broad Reach Power (339 MW), and AES (331 MW).