Utility-scale deployment surges in the second quarter of 2026, led by Arizona's 6.2GWh as rising demand and more wind and solar in the mix spur need for reliability

The outlook for storage construction keeps getting brighter as everyone from the Trump White House to clean energy advocates to AI giants clamors for more.

US battery storage industry broke deployment records in Q2 2026 in gigawatt-hour terms, underpinned by growth in the utility-scale segment.