The US’ installed base of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) increased by 80% in 2022, as the industry had a record-breaking year.

Europe reached 4.5GW of battery storage capacity last year and could hit 95GW by 2050, according to figures from LCP Delta and Aurora Energy Research respectively.

The US energy storage sector deployed 4.8GW in 2022, close to the combined amount installed in 2020 and 2021.

The US utility-scale battery storage sector achieved its highest-ever annual deployments in 2022, a year in which solar PV and wind underperformed against expectations.

Solar Media Market Research analyst Mollie McCorkindale offers insight into the market’s progress in 2022, another record-breaking year.

Energy storage deployments by electric carmaker and tech company Tesla grew 64% year-on-year, reaching 6.5GWh in 2022.

US solar, wind installs lowest in three years, with only battery storage deployments growing among the three main clean energy technologies.

Tesla deployed more than a gigawatt-hour of battery storage in Q2 2022, but the company has been impacted by component supply issues.

Tesla made 846MWh of battery energy storage system deployments in the first quarter of this year.