California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, has declared that the state’s energy storage revolution is underway, with 6,177MW of power being fed into the California Independent System Operator (CAOS) grid from battery energy storage system (BESS) resources surpassing the four main sources of power. This comes as Newsom noted that since 2019, California’s grid-connected storage has grown 1,250% from 770MW. The state is now roughly a fifth of the way to deploying the 52GW of energy storage needed to support its policy goal of 100% renewable energy on the grid by 2045. Wood Mackenzie noted that California leads the US for energy storage installs by both power output (megawatts) and energy storage capacity (megawatt-hours). However, some large-scale projects were delayed last year due to delays in one-off projects.
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
