Surpassing a record year in 2023, battery storage in the U.S. again expanded significantly in 2024, according to a new report discussed in this issue’s lead story. To date, most of the commercial, community and industrial installations are in blue states such as California, Massachusetts and New York, while a range of larger, utility-scale installations are headed for red states such as Alabama and Texas.

It’ll be interesting to see if this key enabling technology for cleaner energy infrastructure continues to accelerate in the coming months—despite increasingly mixed messages on the political front.

—Keith Larson, Market Leader