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Global Energy Storage Growth Upheld by New

The global energy storage market is poised to hit new heights yet again in 2025. Despite policy changes and uncertainty in the world''s

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Battery energy storage projects face distinct technical challenges that complicate their development and financing. A key concern is the degradation of battery systems over time.

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The battery energy storage industry has experienced a sobering reality check in recent months of 2025. Despite record-breaking deployment numbers—with Q1 2025 setting a

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Building US domestic energy storage manufacturing capacity will require more than limiting foreign participation, writes Aaron Marks of Intertek CEA.

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The energy storage sector maintained its upward trajectory in 2024, with estimates indicating that global energy storage installations rose by more than 75%, measured by megawatt-hours

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The global energy storage market is poised to hit new heights yet again in 2025. Despite policy changes and uncertainty in the world''s two largest markets, the US and China,

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Advanced-stage project acquisitions at favorable valuations demonstrate continuing underlying demand for energy storage assets. The infrastructure build-out

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Will energy storage grow in 2024?

The energy storage sector maintained its upward trajectory in 2024, with estimates indicating that global energy storage installations rose by more than 75%, measured by megawatt-hours (MWh), year-over-year in 2024 and are expected to go beyond the terawatt-hour mark before 2030.

Will energy storage growth continue through 2025?

With developers continuing to add new capacity, including 9.2 GW of new lithium-ion battery storage capacity in 2024 through November 2024 and comparable levels of growth expected through the fourth quarter of 2024, energy storage investments and M&A activity are expected to continue this trajectory through 2025.

Do investors underestimate the value of energy storage?

While energy storage is already being deployed to support grids across major power markets, new McKinsey analysis suggests investors often underestimate the value of energy storage in their business cases.

Is China entering a new era of energy storage demand?

Mainland China accounts for most of the global energy storage demand, driven in the near term by regional requirements for new utility-scale wind and solar projects to include energy storage capacity. However, the Chinese market is entering an era of change.