InfoLink Projects 46.1 GWh of Home Battery Additions Worldwide in 2026
Research firm InfoLink Consulting projects that 46.1 GWh of residential energy storage will be added worldwide in 2026. Europe is put at 15.4 GWh, and Australia is expected to become the largest single-country market.
The projection
ESS News reported the forecast on 16 September, citing InfoLink's global residential storage database. In Europe, Germany, Italy and Austria are described as strong, with the Netherlands and the UK growing on policy support. In Oceania, growth is driven mainly by Australia's Cheaper Home Batteries Program, launched on 1 July 2025.
In Asia, ESS News names Pakistan, the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan, with frequent outages and high power prices driving demand in Pakistan and the Philippines. The Americas are described as small overall and centred on the United States. These are projections, not measured installations, and the article gives no methodology.
Who ships the most
For the first half of 2026, ESS News lists the top three suppliers by global shipment share as Fox ESS at 11.5 per cent, Sigenergy at 11.3 per cent and Deye at 11.0 per cent. InfoLink's own first-half release, published on 1 September, puts global residential shipments at 39.07 GWh, up 137.67 per cent on a year earlier, with Fox ESS, Sigenergy, Deye, Huawei and GoodWe as the top five. The gaps between makers are narrow, and ESS News describes the market as highly fragmented.
Shipments are not installations
Two numbers need care. First-half shipments of 39.07 GWh and a full-year projection of 46.1 GWh of additions are different measures: shipments leave factories, additions are installed. InfoLink's regional first-half shipment figure for Europe is 15.25 GWh, close to the 15.4 GWh full-year projection for European additions. We could not reconcile the two from the published text, so do not read them as a like-for-like pair.
The Americas show a different leader. In InfoLink's first-half regional table, Tesla heads the list of top five suppliers there, ahead of Growatt, SolarEdge, FranklinWH and Felicity, with 3.52 GWh shipped.
What it means for buyers
A crowded market with narrow gaps is generally good for choice, but shipment share says nothing about quality, warranty or installer support. Use it to see which brands are widely supported, then compare specifications yourself with our comparison tool. For earlier European forecasts, see the EUPD Research outlook of about 57 GWh of battery storage for 2026, which covers all storage, not only homes.
Sources
- ESS News: Global residential storage market to hit 46.1 GWh in 2026, says InfoLink
- PV Time: Global Residential Storage, H1 2026 Regional Shipment Rankings (InfoLink)
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