This edition of news in brief focuses on recent developments in the US distributed energy resources (DER) market.

EDF Renewables North America has fully commissioned Palen Solar, a multi-stage solar PV project on public lands in California.

Many of the battery gigafactory projects in Europe are likely to see delays, Energy-Storage.news has heard.

US$1 billion financing has been secured for ‘Round-The-Clock’ renewables, claimed as India’s biggest single-project clean energy deal.

Clearway Energy Group has brought online the first ever utility-scale solar-plus-storage project on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu.

A 230MW battery energy storage system (BESS) from NextEra Energy Resources, part of a large solar-plus-storage project, has come online in California.

President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act yesterday, bringing with it measures expected to boost prospects for energy storage.

Chilean utility Colbún has submitted plans for a solar-plus-storage project with a 1.2GWh battery energy storage system (BESS)

A real estate and infrastructure investment arm of BlackRock has committed to investing US$700 million into Akaysha Energy’s pipeline.

Energy storage is ready to become a key pillar of the US energy transition, writes Andy Tang of Wärtsilä Energy.