US Home Battery Storage Surged by 64% in 2024 as Grid Woes Rise

For years, Americans have been blanketing their homes with scads of solar panels. Now, they’re adding a growing number of batteries to store that electricity and protect against blackouts.

Battery storage in US homes surged by 64% in 2024 compared to the previous year, outpacing increases in commercial and utility installations, according to new data from Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association, a trade group. These storage units are now in about half a million homes and collectively hold 3,028 megawatt-hours of electricity.

“The market has pretty much doubled in two years,” said Wood Mackenzie research analyst Hanna Nuttall. “That’s a pretty ...