Market research firm Wood Mackenzie stated that data centre buildout is uplifting the US battery energy storage system (BESS) outlook across all segments.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Randolph Mann, CEO at developer esVolta at the 2026 US Battery Asset Management Summit in Garden Grove, California.

Market research firm Wood Mackenzie predicted that the US energy storage market will almost quadruple over the next six years.

According to the US trade association group, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), US battery energy storage system (BESS) deployments are set to increase to 70GWh in 2026.

Developer Peregrine Energy Solutions has secured US$168 million for a 150MW battery energy storage system (BESS) currently under construction.

A news roundup focusing on system integrator Powin’s recent moves in the industry, resource updates in New Mexico and a newly announced energy management system from Prevalon.

Developer-operator Aypa Power has closed a US$190 million financing for the 200MW/400MWh Bypass BESS project.

esla aims to reach annual deployments of energy storage totalling 1,500GWh by 2030, nearly four hundred times the amount it deployed last year, according to its 2021 recent impact report.

Wärtsilä is to deliver 100MW of battery storage to UK storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure company Pivot Power.

A 100MW battery storage project – consisting of two 50MW batteries – has begun construction in the UK.