The Energy Storage Market Report 2025 highlights key trends, workforce developments, investment flows, and other factors shaping the future of the market.
Will energy storage growth continue through 2025?
With developers continuing to add new capacity, including 9.2 GW of new lithium-ion battery storage capacity in 2024 through November 2024 and comparable levels of growth expected through the fourth quarter of 2024, energy storage investments and M&A activity are expected to continue this trajectory through 2025.
What is driving the energy storage industry forward in 2025?
Here are the Top 10 Trends driving the industry forward in 2025: 1. Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries Lithium-ion batteries dominate energy storage, but their limitations— flammability, aging, and resource scarcity —are pushing researchers toward enhanced versions. Li-Polymer, Li-Air, and Li-Sulfur batteries increase efficiency and safety.
What is the growth rate of the energy storage industry?
The energy storage industry recorded an annual growth rate of 5.69% with sustained market momentum of innovation, global demand, and clean energy policies. The market is valued at USD 288.97 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 569.39 billion by 2034 with a 7.87% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for 2025–2034.
In Latin America, momentum was built as storage deployments increased by 42%. In 2025, emerging markets for storage will be on the rise. Saudi Arabia will lead the charge, fuelled by its expansion of solar and wind generation.
What will storage be like in 2025?
Europe saw a pivotal moment when the grid-scale segment experienced a significant surge, surpassing the distributed segment for the first time. In Latin America, momentum was built as storage deployments increased by 42%. In 2025, emerging markets for storage will be on the rise.
Will energy storage grow in 2024?
The energy storage sector maintained its upward trajectory in 2024, with estimates indicating that global energy storage installations rose by more than 75%, measured by megawatt-hours (MWh), year-over-year in 2024 and are expected to go beyond the terawatt-hour mark before 2030.