Update 28 August 2024: Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) voted to continue being part of the ESSA, as did CC Power.

REV Renewables and subsidiaries owned by NextEra Energy have reached settlement agreements with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relating to alleged BESS operating violations in CAISO.

The UK arm of EDF Renewables yesterday (20 August) announced that it will bring over 300MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects online over the next 12 months in the country.

US utility company Alliant Energy has moved forward with a long-duration energy storage project based on carbon dioxide-based technology.

Executives at US flow battery manufacturer ESS Inc. have said the company will be able to continue into 2025 and reach a gigawatt-hour of annual production capacity next year.

IPP Ormat Technologies has signed seven-year tolling agreements with Equilibrium Energy for two BESS projects in the ERCOT, Texas market.

US firm Natron Energy has announced plans for a sodium-ion gigafactory in North Carolina, while two Chinese firms have firmed up their projects, all-in-all totalling over 30GWh of annual sodium-ion production capacity.

IPP Arevon has been given the green light for the construction and operation of a standalone 200MW/800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Los Angeles County, California through the California Environmental Equality Act (CEQA) review process. 

Utility Tucson Electric Power (TEP) will own and operate another 200MW/800MWh BESS project in southeast Tucson, Arizona, US.

Chile utility Colbun has faced a setback with its 800MW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project, after its environmental impact assessment (EIA) process was terminated early having been deemed to have not provided enough information.