Dec 8 (Reuters) - Power utilities in the United States could triple their battery storage capacity in the coming three years, as new projects grow bigger while wind and solar capacity expand, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Thursday.Battery storage capacity, which only started to take off in the United States in 2020, was expected to reach 9.1 GW by end-2022, before doubling in 2023 to 19 GW and hitting 28.4 GW in 2024."Much like solar power, growth in battery storage would change the U.S. electric generating portfolio," as it will make intermittent sources of energy like wind and solar more stable by storing extra energy for use later, the EIA said.Texas, which accounts for 7.9 GW of all planned battery storage additions until 2025, is expected to house 42.5 GW of wind capacity and 30.9 GW of solar capacity by that year.California, which currently hosts 16.8 GW of solar capacity with planned additions of 7.7 GW in the next three years, will install 7.6 GW of battery storage in that period."