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The Energy Storage Market Outlook (ESMO) is a quarterly publication produced by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. ESMO draws on Benchmark’s proprietary grid and behind the meter data on...
Electricity demand is rising. Prices are climbing. And America needs more power, fast. The good news is solar and storage are delivering. Across the country, from California to Texas to the Midwest, the...
Solar energy is the most affordable source of new electricity generation on the market today. It is the fastest energy source to build and is helping prop up the grid during even the...
The Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA) is leading the transformation to a clean energy economy. SEIA works with its 1,200 member companies and other strategic partners to fight for policies that create jobs in every community and shape fair market rules that promote competition and the growth of reliable, low-cost solar power. Founded in 1974, SEIA is the national trade association for the solar and solar + storage industries, building a comprehensive vision for the Solar+ Decade through research, education and advocacy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. energy storage industry installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new capacity in the first quarter of 2026, the strongest first quarter in the sector’s history. According to the U.S....
The United States added 7.8 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026, surpassing 6 million cumulative installations as solar remained the leading source of new power added ...
The U.S. energy storage industry installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new capacity in the first quarter of 2026, the strongest first quarter in the sector’s history.
The U.S. solar industry installed 43.1 gigawatts-direct current (GWdc) of capacity in 2025, marking a 14% decline from 2024. Throughout 2025, the industry navigated unprecedented change, ranging fr...
The U.S. energy storage industry installed a record-shattering 57.6 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new capacity in 2025, the largest single year of new battery capacity additions on record.
The Energy Storage Market Outlook (ESMO) is a quarterly publication produced by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. ESMO draws on Benchmark’s proprietary g...
In a new study by SEIA and Synapse Energy Economics, researchers compared a future where Massachusetts continues to add new solar and storage capacity as planned through 2030, with a future where n...
The U.S. solar industry installed 11.7 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in Q3 2025, marking the industry’s third-largest quarter on record and pushing total installations this year past 30 GW.
Even as the Trump administration rolled out a series of anti-clean energy policies, solar and storage still accounted for 82% of all new power added to the grid in its first six months.
Introduction This document outlines the strategic vision and actions that the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) will pursue to support the solar and storage industries’ implementation of...
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