Developer Boralex and its partner Walpole Island First Nation have announced a CA$172 million (US$119 million) financing for the 80MW/320MWh Tilbury battery energy storage system (BESS).

Scale Microgrids and Dispatch Energy, two US commercial and industrial (C&I) distributed generation and storage providers, have secured new capital for growth through acquisition and capital commitments, respectively.

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has made a conditional commitment for a loan to long-duration energy storage (LDES) developer and operator Hydrostor of up to US$1.76 billion.

Illinois State Senator Bill Cunningham has passed legislation to accelerate energy storage in the Midwest US state.

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed the EZBattery Model, a simulation tool for predicting the performance of redox flow batteries.

US battery storage developer Key Capture Energy (KCE) has begun commercial operations for two 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas.

The North American division of Sweden’s Eolus Vind has agreed to sell the 100MW/400MWh Pome battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

Consolidated Edison Company (ConEd) and Orange and Rockland utilities (O&R) have issued a joint Request for Proposals (RFP) for bulk energy storage and dispatch rights in New York, US.

The Maine Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) recommended that the Maine Public Utilities Commission procure up to 200MW of energy storage in the state.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is investing US$28.7 million into grid resilience projects for Florida.