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\"EnergyEnergy storage in the USA is a small but growing market according to SEPA’s 2017 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot – and many utilities have residential customers in their sights.<\/p>\n

The new publication from the Smart Electric Power Alliance details results from information submitted by 115 utilities; representing around 58 percent of the 130 million customer accounts in the USA.<\/p>\n

The report states utilities that responded added 207 MW\/ 257 MWh of energy storage to the grid in 2016, across a total of 829 systems; bringing total installed capacity to 622 MW\/661 MWh.<\/p>\n

The state with the most energy storage installed last year was California, with 120.5 MW\/ 176.6 MWh.<\/p>\n

Residential deployments were still very much in their infancy – 557 installations took place in 2016, representing 4.5 MW\/7.5 MWh capacity. The average battery system size installed last year was 8.1 kW\/13.5 kWh. At the end of 2016, the total number of home battery systems<\/a> stood at 1,762; with a collective capacity of 11.2 MW\/20.2 MWh and an average size of 6.3 kW\/11.4 kWh.<\/p>\n

\"Residential<\/p>\n

Residential deployment of batteries could see quite an uptick soon. Of the utilities responding to related questions asked by SEPA, 72 percent are planning behind-the-meter battery storage programs for residential customers and 80 percent are planning programs for non-residential (commercial, industrial, and government) customers.<\/p>\n

“Not only are utilities overwhelmingly interested in offering programs, they are also interested in the grid support potential of customer-owned storage device inverters,” states the report.<\/p>\n

SEPA says batteries of all sizes are positioned to play an important role in grid operations in the near future.<\/p>\n

The report notes the cost of lithium-ion based batteries declined rapidly, more than 60% since 2012, with a sharp fall late last year after Tesla\u2019s Powerwall 2 and Powerpack 2 batteries unveiling.<\/p>\n

South Australia gets a mention in the report as an example of projects demonstrating the potential for large-scale battery storage being rolled out rapidly in a time of need, referring to the “100 days or its free” 100 MW\/ 129 MWh Tesla battery project<\/a> in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cStorage may not yet be a mainstream utility resource, as solar is rapidly becoming, but clearly, many in the industry can see the point on the horizon where that starts happening,\u201d said<\/a> Tanuj Deora, SEPA\u2019s Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The 2017 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot can be downloaded here<\/a> (free – registration required).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Electricity is a huge expense for SA Water, costing $55 million in 2016\/17 and jumping to $83 million in 2018\/19. 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