# The share of solar generation with co-located battery storage is increasing

- Source: EIA Today in Energy
- Published: 2026-10-30T13:04:48+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68384
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/the-share-of-solar-generation-with-co-located-battery-storage-is-incre-0df70e/

Utility-scale solar developers are increasingly co-locating battery storage with new solar photovoltaic capacity. As of September 2026, over 16% of new utility-scale solar capacity added this year is co-located with operable battery storage, compared with 2% in 2017, according to data reported to EIA by operators.

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