The US deployed a record 168MW of energy storage in the second quarter, a 117% jump from a year earlier, as the sector anticipates strong growth despite ongoing Covid-19 impacts to the national economy, according to a new report from research group Wood Mackenzie and the US Energy Storge Association (ESA).

“The US energy storage market has proven remarkably resilient to impacts from coronavirus lockdowns,” said Dan Finn-Foley, who leads WoodMac’s energy storage practice, which co-authored the US Energy Monitor report with ESA.