Developer Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES) has sold 700MW of development-stage projects to UBS Asset Management, its third substantial sale in the Texas, ERCOT market in two months.

Borrego has completed the spin off and sale of its development business to energy transition investor ECP for an undisclosed amount.

ENGIE has pulled out of a large-scale solar-plus-storage project contract in the Western Pacific US island territory of Guam.

As Virginia’s push towards one of the country’s most ambitious energy storage targets gets underway, pilot battery storage projects have been brought online.

Broad Reach Power is the latest US battery storage industry player to announce US$100 million or more in financing over the past few weeks.

Startup Spearmint Energy has become the latest developer to acquire a large-scale battery storage project in Texas.

Hopes have been raised once again that US lawmakers could introduce an investment tax credit for energy storage.

Startup Group1 is seeking to commercialise cathode materials for potassium-ion batteries, a world-first, while Northvolt is seeking to build batteries using a tree-derived carbon material lignin.

Recently-formed company Proteus Power plans to develop and build over 3GW of solar, wind and battery energy storage projects in North America.

Some 5GWh of utility-scale battery energy storage was deployed in the first half of 2022, up one third while wind and solar fell 50-70%, according to American Clean Power (ACP).