According to the Q1 2025 US Energy Storage Monitor from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the American Clean Power Association (ACP), energy storage installations surpassed 12GW in 2024.
Community batteries are likely to become another tool in a decentralised energy grid, write Lachlan Hensey and Timothy Shue from Australia’s Yarra Energy Foundation.
Home battery storage aggregation projects have launched with participation of Tokyo Electric Power Co, and Tokyo Gas, two major utility companies in the Japanese capital.