US utility Dominion Energy plans to build 3.5GW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) over the next 20 years according to its recently filed integrated resource plan (IRP).

In the wide-ranging conversation, Shaw starts off by describing the year-end rush as a perennial challenge for the battery energy storage system (BESS) sector in the US.

US energy storage developer Flatiron Energy has closed on approximately US$850 million for its 1,200MWh Energizar energy storage project in Chelsea, Massachusetts, US.

Energy storage owner-operator Nightpeak Energy has reached financial close and commercial operation on its 150MW/300MWh Bocanova 2 battery storage project in Brazoria County, Southeast Texas.

From the Midwest to New York, local and state governments are introducing new zoning rules and restrictions on BESS and data centre projects.

Insufficient progress has been made towards the Energy Storage and Grids Pledge, endorsed by dozens of countries at COP29 two years ago.

The expert judges’ difficult decisions to select winners from hundreds of worthy entries for the Energy Storage Awards 2026 are almost finalised.

The Illinois Power Agency (IPA) is seeking stakeholder feedback on its summer procurement of 600MW of energy storage projects in the US state, after falling short by 438MW.

US tax equity syndicator Foss & Company has closed a US$58 million partnership flip transaction to finance an energy storage project in Hidalgo County, Texas, developed by GridStor.

Independent power producer (IPP) Clearway Energy has added 210MW of energy storage capacity to its Honeycomb Energy Centre fleet in Southern Utah, US.