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From the first grid-connected BESS reported to the EIA in 2003 to expectations for 2023. Image: US Energy Information Administration.

US utilities set to add 10,000MW of battery storage to the grid by 2023

August 17, 2021
The cost of battery energy storage in the US fell by 72% between 2015 and 2019 and utilities in the country are set to bring 10,000MW of new grid-connected capacity online in the next two years. 
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