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.

Developer-operator Aypa Power has closed a US$190 million financing for the 200MW/400MWh Bypass BESS project.

US outgoing President Joe Biden has signed a bi-partisan bill into law allowing Arizona utility Salt River Project (SRP) to move forward with a pumped hydro energy storage project.

IPP Ormat Technologies has commenced commercial operations for its 20MW/20MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project, the Montague energy storage facility.

Solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) firm Canadian Solar will deliver 315MWh of BESS projects and up to 2GWp of solar modules to Sunraycer Renewables.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced US$4.37 billion in clean energy investments for rural utilities through the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) programme.

Freyr has completed the acquisition of Chinese firm Trina Solar’s Texas solar manufacturing assets, completing its transition from a European battery company to a US solar one.

IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has announced financing for the 290MWdc/940MWh solar-plus-storage Roadrunner project near Tucson, Arizona.

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has committed US$584.5 million to Convergent Energy and Power to build solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Puerto Rico.