In an interview with NPM, GridStor’s VP of Policy and Strategy Jason Burwen discussed the areas he views as the next frontiers for storage development in the US as well as the current headwinds currently stifling that growth.
Storage development is accelerating in the US with 2024 set to be the first year that sees more than 10 GW of battery storage installed. Burwen expects to see that pace continue throughout the remainder of the decade concentrated in “areas where interconnection queues advance.” He also says the current “50-50 balance of standalone vs. hybrid storage will fluctuate” and predicts a larger share for hybrid projects as new interconnection options remain “slow and scarce.”
However, he says scheduling constraints, largely driven by slow interconnection queues, are threatening to stifle that growth, particularly in new growth areas for storage that are already bogged down in interconnection requests from solar and wind. He says these queues are “holding back an unprecedented level of deployment interest,” though he says he is hopeful “a good amount” of that interest will still turn into deployments by the end of the decade.
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