American Clean Power Association (ACP)’s Post

Chart: The US Battery Market is On Track for its Best Year Yet Overall storage installations — including utility-scale, home, and commercial projects — grew 84% in Q1. Grid battery installations grew even faster. The U.S. battery boom is accelerating, with a record start to 2024. In Q1, nearly 1.3 GW of battery storage was installed across the nation, as per data from the American Clean Power Association and Wood Mackenzie Quarterly Installed Battery Capacity (MW): • Q1 2024: 1,283 MW • Year-on-year growth: 84% • Major contributors: Texas, California, Nevada Key drivers include exponential solar growth, generous incentives, and the necessity to store surplus clean energy. The benefits are evident: preventing blackouts in Texas, managing surges in Utah, and replacing fossil gas in California. With solar power continuing to rise, more batteries will likely follow, enhancing grid reliability and promoting clean energy use. Sources: American Clean Power Association, Wood Mackenzie

The U.S. battery storage sector is booming like never before! According to recent data from nearly 1.3 GW of battery storage was installed in Q1 2024 across utility-scale, residential, and commercial projects. This marks an 84% increase compared to Q1 2023! 🌟 Here’s the scoop: -Grid battery installations have more than doubled since last year -Texas, California, and Nevada are leading the pack in new installations -Batteries are crucial for keeping the grid stable, especially in solar-heavy states like California and Texas As solar capacity continues to soar, the demand for battery storage will only increase, further enhancing our grid's resilience and sustainability. Let's keep pushing the boundaries of clean energy! 💪 #CleanEnergy #BatteryStorage #SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #EnergyInnovation #Sustainability #GridStability

Batteries are the under appreciated key to a faster energy transition, especially with the falling cost and rising deployment of solar and wind renewable generation. Distribution and transmission grid infrastructure continues to be slowed with political and financial complications. Investment risk for financing fossil fuel-based energy resources is increasing. Batteries are an alternative to grid wires and new fossil generation. Batteries are available (and faster to interconnect) for homes, commercial/industrial facilities, and utilities. #DOE #renewables #climatechange

The US battery market is showing exceptional progress, potentially on track to exceed its grid battery fleet expansion goals with exponential growth on the horizon! Benefits are already evident: in Texas, batteries prevented blackouts; in Utah, they address sudden demand surges; and in California, storage is displacing fossil gas. #cleanenergy #decarbonizethegrid #climatechangemitigation #batterypower #renewableenergy #texas #california #utah Check out the full article here: [US Battery Market Growth](https://lnkd.in/g6eA3deJ)

US Battery Installations are off to a big win in 2023! From my perspective, this unprecedented growth in the US energy storage sector signals a pivotal shift in our energy landscape. Here's why it matters: 🔋 Accelerating clean energy transition 🔋 Enhancing grid resilience 🔋 Creating new economic opportunities The surge in installations is just the beginning. As costs continue to fall and policies like the IRA take full effect, we're likely to see even more dramatic growth. Thoughts? How do you see this impacting the future of energy? Thanks to Canary Media Inc. #battery #US #IRA #renewables #EnergyStorage

While California and Texas are highlighted here for their utility scale #battery fleets' services to the grid, distributed batteries are providing these critical services right here in #Illinois. Intelligent Generation is enabling manufacturing and other energy intensive sites to provide grid services with on-site batteries that generate a stack of value streams for the facility. These virtual power plants can displace fossil fueled peaker plants while providing operational and economic benefits for energy users. Let me know if you want to talk #energystorage #migcrogrids #vpp

“Right now, the volume of electricity stored in batteries and returned to the grid in California and Texas is just a drop in the bucket of those states’ ample consumption. But the value batteries provide isn’t so much from bulk-shifting clean energy; it’s in delivering bursts of power at key moments with lightning-fast response times.” Batteries are playing a small but mighty role in making the grid both stronger and cleaner. As the clean energy transition continues and technology improves, that role will only grow. And that’s something to get charged up about. https://bit.ly/3Q1SXa8

Major developments in the U.S. #grid #battery fleet - The #storage industry is poised to double capacity, adding an impressive 14 gigawatts in a year. This follows the trend of doubling national installed capacity annually, showcasing the sector's rapid growth. #Batteries are proving crucial in balancing #electricity supply, especially in regions with abundant #solarpower like California, Texas, and Hawaii. With favorable economics and record-low battery prices, coupled with supportive policies and tax incentives, the #storageindustry is making strides. Catch up on the these exciting advancements in storage at: https://ow.ly/JHj750Qtce2

“Wood Mackenzie expects battery storage in the US to grow faster than either wind or solar over the coming decade.” Take a look at how Texas and California are using #batteries to secure their status as energy leaders. “This year, however, grid-connected batteries in parts of the US, particularly California and Texas, have started to play a significant role in helping to balance the system, shifting load away from the times of day when the net load is heaviest to times when it is lighter.” Batteries have been dubbed the “Swiss army knife” of the power system for their resilience and adaptability, two things in high demand during this era of rapid transformation for the grid. https://lnkd.in/ddCHBCJp For distributed fleets of investment-grade BESS, visit Available-Power.com.

Great article I cut and paste the one section near the start of it below as this is what will continue to drive new Data centers, tech and other industries to the state as I have been saying. The article backs it all up “driven by the EASE of building energy projects! Without enough energy, recent forecasts, and add slow connection times on the records already occurring in the East, northern Virginia is a microcosm of this, we will see more and more selecting Texas for large energy use projects. From the article: But in Texas, as with other energy resources that have found a foothold here, the rapid growth of battery storage is driven by the ease of building energy projects and making money in the state’s business-friendly environment.