SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--March 27, 2020--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Deployment of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the U.S. jumped sharply last year, and deployments are expected to rise more than 10-fold over the next six years, according to a recent report from the U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA) (Washington, D.C.) and consultants Wood Mackenzie (Edinburgh, U.K.).