In this US news roundup, BESS projects in California, Arizona, and Nevada advance from EDP Renewables, Tucson Electric Power, and EDF Power Solutions North America.

Two South Korean-headquartered companies, LG Energy Solution and DeltaX are establishing battery cell factories in the US.

Windlab and Squadron Energy have referred a 500MW BESS at the Bungaban solar-plus-storage project in Queensland for approval.

APA Group has taken a final investment decision to construct, own and operate the 104MWh Sybella Creek solar-plus-storage site in Australia.

Utility Appalachian Power (APCo) is seeking up to 800MW total of energy storage resources via two new requests for proposals (RFPs) in Virginia, US.

Enel Green Power, part of the Italy-based power group Enel, has launched construction on another large-scale BESS in Chile. 

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has closed its Growth Markets Fund II (GMF II) at around US$3 billion.

CATL’s Core Operation Carbon Neutrality Launch Event was held in Ningde, Fujian Province, China, on 17 August.

Etapro has deployed digital twin and predictive analytics at MGA Thermal’s 5MWh thermal energy storage demonstration plant in Australia.

California’s Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced two virtual power plant (VPP) bills aimed at reducing energy rates in the US state.