Published: 17 Feb 2021, 14:30 By: Editor A 20MW / 18MWh containerised battery energy storage solution in Switzerland, which went online late last year. IHS Markit predicts that while the US will dominate this year and the Asia-Pacific region will rapidly grow market share in the coming years, Europe will see a growth in installations year-on-year of about 70% in 2021. Image: MW Storage AG. Analysis and research firm IHS Markit has predicted that over 10GW of new energy storage will be deployed during this year, with around half of those additions in the US market. The company said in a new report that this would be more than double the 4.5GW of global capacity additions in 2020. Meanwhile the US’ strong lead will continue with the market gaining in share until 2023, when IHS Markit senior analyst for clean technology George Hilton said the pipeline in the country reduces.