In this Q&A, Enel North America CEO Paolo Romanacci discusses the IPP’s operational BESS projects, pipeline and deployments as well as his views on wider US industry challenges.

System integrator Ameresco has completed and put into commercial operation eight battery energy storage system (BESS) projects for utility United Power in Colorado, US.

Peak Energy, a startup claiming to be the ‘first American venture to advance globally proven sodium-ion battery systems,’ has raised US$55 million in a Series A funding round.

Project owners Quinbrook and Primergy have put their 1.4GWh Gemini solar-plus-storage project in Nevada online, claiming it is the largest such project in the US.

Tesla has agreed to supply US solar PV and energy storage developer Intersect Power with 15.3GWh of its Megapack battery storage solution.

EDP Renewables North America has inaugurated the 200MW/40MW Scarlet I solar-plus-storage project in Fresno County, California.

Toronto, Ontario-headquartered Hydrostor is proposing to deploy one of its advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) facilities in Greater Napanee, Ontario.

US solar PV and energy storage project developer Intersect Power has closed two financing deals worth US$837 million for three battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

Renewables developer rPlus Energies has secured more than US$1 billion for a 400MW solar-plus-storage project In Utah, US.

Hithium has become the latest overseas player to seek to onshore production of battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment and components in the US.