US residential energy storage deployment reached 15.9 MW in Q1, beating commercial deployments' 11.7 MW and nearing utility-scale deployment of 16 MW, according to Energy Storage Monitor from GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association. In fact, the first two quarters of storage installations tend to be smaller than the last two, based on how the industry has operated historically. The report also noted that the number of installations grew by more than 50 percent year-over-year for the first time since 2012, with a total of 1,260 megawatts added last year. The greatest demand was in Hawaii and California, with the latter's residential sector experiencing a 3,833% YoY increase in MW, and 4,324% rise in MWh. The California Energy Commission's ruling that all new homes will have to include rooftop solar from 2020 will add 26% to projections for 2020 onwards, GTM Research said.
US residential energy storage deployment reached 15.9 MW in Q1, beating commercial deployments' 11.7 MW and nearing utility-scale deployment of 16 MW, according to Energy Storage Monitor from GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association. The report also noted that the number of installations grew by more than 50 percent year-over-year for the first time since 2012, with a total of 1,260 megawatts added last year. The greatest demand was in Hawaii and California, with the latter's residential sector experiencing a 3,833% YoY increase in MW, and 4,324% rise in MWh. The California Energy Commission's ruling that all new homes will have to include rooftop solar from 2020 will add 26% to projections for 2020 onwards, GTM Research said.