Worldwide battery storage installations up 54% in first half of 2025, June sets monthly record

Market intelligence firm Rho Motion, the downstream arm of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, says it tracked 7.95 GW / 22.2 GWh of new global battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity entering commercial operations in June 2025.

According to the company’s just updated “Battery Energy Stationary Storage Monthly Database,” this June capacity represents the highest monthly figure in 2025 so far and is up nearly 20% from the previous month. The data shows that over half of June’s installations were concentrated in China, maintaining the country’s dominance in the global energy storage market.

Deployed global capacity for the first half of 2025 culminates to 86.7 GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, representing a year-on-year increase of 54%. The firm’s pipeline data indicates that the full year 2025 is currently tracking at just over 412 GWh of planned deployments.

June 2025

In June, China continued to lead global installations, accounting for more than half of the month’s deployment figures at 54% and 4,343MW / 11,193MWh.

In 2025, China has only been below 50% of the contribution to the monthly total once, in April. During that time, it saw 41% of the share of global batteries coming online, when around 9 GWh of new BESS came online, with 3.6 GWh in the country, according to Rho Motion.

Three significant projects in Saudi Arabia accounted for 7.8 GWh or 35% of the new capacity, though these have not yet been announced as online by the EPC firm involved, which has tapped Sungrow for the batteries and technology.

Elsewhere, the US added 703.9MW/1,450MWh via projects coming online including Prevalon Energy’s 320MWh project in the state of Idaho.

Australia added 437 MW / 878 MWh, chiefly via the via the first stage of the Western Downs Green Power Hub, totalling 270MW/540MWh.

Surprisingly, no contributions were counted in June from Europe or South America, despite the ongoing developments in Chile.