2023 new energy storage business opportunities

Will energy storage grow in 2023?

Global energy storage’s record additions in 2023 will be followed by a 27% compound annual growth rate to 2030, with annual additions reaching 110GW/372GWh, or 2.6 times expected 2023 gigawatt installations. Targets and subsidies are translating into project development and power market reforms that favor energy storage.

What's happening in the energy storage sector in 2023?

A roundup of the biggest projects, financing and offtake deals in the energy storage sector that we have reported on this year. It’s been a positive year for energy storage in 2023, with new markets opening up and supply chain bottlenecks and price spikes for battery energy storage systems (BESS) easing, though challenges remain.

How many gigawatts will energy storage add in 2024?

Last year’s record global additions of 45 gigawatts (97 gigawatt-hours) will be followed by continued robust growth. In 2024, the global energy storage is set to add more than 100 gigawatt-hours of capacity for the first time.

How much money will be allocated to storage projects in 2023?

Residential batteries are now the largest source of storage demand in the region and will remain so until 2025. Separately, over €1 billion ($1.1 billion) of subsidies have been allocated to storage projects in 2023, supporting a fresh pipeline of projects in Greece, Romania, Spain, Croatia, Finland and Lithuania.

How many electrochemical storage stations are there in 2022?

In 2022, 194 electrochemical storage stations were put into operation, with a total stored energy of 7.9GWh. These accounted for 60.2% of the total energy stored by stations in operation, a year-on-year increase of 176% (Figure 4).

When will energy storage be commercialized?

From 2016 to 2020, the goal is to build energy storage demonstration projects with commercial purposes. This marks the development of energy storage into the early stages of commercialization. During this period, the management system, incentive policies and business models of energy storage were mainly explored.