Firms are poised to put in file quantities of batteries on America’s electrical grid this 12 months, as authorities mandates and a steep decline in prices gasoline fast progress in energy storage.
The U.S., which had lower than a gigawatt of huge battery installations in 2020—roughly sufficient to energy 350,000 houses for a handful of hours—is on tempo so as to add six gigawatts this 12 months and one other 9 gigawatts in 2022, in keeping with S&P World Market Intelligence.