Battery Council International (BCI) is asking congress to defend domestic battery supply chains. BCI published a briefing for legislators outlining steps to “create jobs, support domestic battery manufacturers and defend the US economy from unfair foreign competition.”

Toronto, Ontario-headquartered Hydrostor has secured a US$200 million investment for its advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) projects both in Canada and globally.

Luma Energy, the US-Canadian joint venture (JV) responsible for the Puerto Rican electricity distribution network will build nine energy interconnection points with Linxon US LLC and their partner AtkinsRéalis Caribe, to integrate renewable energy projects.

Energy storage optimisation specialist Habitat Energy has signed an agreement with Octopus Energy US to optimise a 50MW/100MWh tolled battery energy storge system (BESS) in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market.

IPP Cordelio Power has procured over 1GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment with US-headquartered energy storage system integrator and renewable energy services provider Fluence Energy.

ESN Premium speaks with Wärtsilä’s director of strategic market development, Adam Atkinson-Lewis on the company’s battery energy storage technology, its domestic content strategy and the future of energy storage in the US.

Virtual power plants (VPPs) are networks of small-scale, distributed energy resources, such as solar panels or batteries (and in some instances vehicles) which can together function as a single power plant, providing stability to the electric grid.

North American lithium-ion battery recycling specialist Li-Cycle has seen a significant increase in battery energy storage system (BESS) materials in its feedstock.

Largo has announced the successful closing of the previously announced transaction between its subsidiary, Largo Clean Energy Corp. and Stryten Critical E-Storage to establish joint venture Storion Energy.

EDP Renewables North America has announced a land purchase agreement for the 75MWac, 300MWh Edgeware energy storage project in St. Thomas, Ontario, CA. Meanwhile, SolarBank has announced its first BESS in the province, with construction expected to commence 10 February.