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By ESS news
According to the inauguration, the US energy storage industry has entered a “new phase of sustainable deployment at scale”. Energy storage market outlook Q1 2026 released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
The report confirms that 2025 was the biggest year on record for battery additions, with the US installing 57.6 GWh of new capacity, up 30% from 2024. The utilities segment remained the main driver of growth, accounting for nearly 50 GWh of the total, while residential storage saw a 51% increase year-over-year as homeowners rushed to take advantage of tax breaks ahead of the shifts at the end of the year.
In particular, the report underlines a “red state” boom in clean energy infrastructure.
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