Energy storage includes equipment and services for electrochemical (batteries), thermal, and mechanical storage. The United States is one of the fastest growing markets for energy storage in the world, giving U.S. companies expertise in deploying, operating, and optimizing energy storage systems.
Major companies developing UK energy storage projects include EDF, Pivot Power, Statera, and RES. Each company is active in several power supply and flexibility markets, providing services to National Grid, Distribution Network Operators (DNOs), and operating in the wholesale energy markets.
The US utility-scale storage sector saw tremendous growth over 2022 and 2023. The volume of energy storage installations in the United States in 2022 totaled 11,976 megawatt hours (MWh)—a figure surpassed in the first three quarters of 2023 when installations hit 13,518 MWh by cumulative volume.
Energy storage is of high priority for the UK Government and a key component of the government’s push towards a net zero carbon economy (Why is it important?). The government is investing more than $4 billion in low-carbon innovation as the UK aims to end its contribution to climate change entirely by 2050.
The United States has a range of competitive energy storage technologies, from lithium ion batteries, to flow batteries, compressed air energy storage, liquid air energy storage, pumped hydro, hydrogen, thermal storage, and more!
Policymakers in the United States and Europe continue to put forth measures meant to supercharge the sector toward a promising future. Even with near-term headwinds, cumulative global energy storage installations are projected to be well in excess of 1 terawatt hour (TWh) by 2030.