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Developer-operator GridStor has acquired a 150MW/300MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Texas, US from Balanced Rock Power (BRP).

The Board of Supervisors (BoS) of Orange County, California, has enacted an emergency moratorium on the approval of any new BESS facilities proposed for unincorporated areas of the county in order to protect the “health, safety and welfare” of its residents. 

The CEO and founder of KORE Power has resigned, while the vertically integrated battery storage startup has put its Arizona factory site up for sale.

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a whitepaper recommending the US deploy 10 million distributed solar installations and reach 700GWh of installed storage capacity by 2030.

IPP Enfinity Global has announced two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas, US with a total capacity of 425MW/850MWh.

US president Donald Trump has brought in new tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, which will hit batteries – the kind of move Samsung SDI said could benefit its Korea-based manufacturing.

A few weeks ago, a battery recycling deal was announced for a 640MWh BESS project in Australia, but the project isn’t even built yet and the cells have 25-year warranties – we caught up with the company recycling the batteries to hear more.

Tesla has reported record quarterly and full-year deployment figures for its Megapack and Powerwall battery storage products in its latest financial results.