In this US news roundup, BESS projects in California, Arizona, and Nevada advance from EDP Renewables, Tucson Electric Power, and EDF Power Solutions North America.

Two South Korean-headquartered companies, LG Energy Solution and DeltaX are establishing battery cell factories in the US.

Windlab and Squadron Energy have referred a 500MW BESS at the Bungaban solar-plus-storage project in Queensland for approval.

Energy-Storage.news speaks with Raafe Khan, head of energy storage at Camelot Energy Group, ahead of the upcoming Battery Asset Management Summit (BAMS) USA in Garden Grove, California.

Utility Appalachian Power (APCo) is seeking up to 800MW total of energy storage resources via two new requests for proposals (RFPs) in Virginia, US.

The grid-scale energy storage market in Germany is in a strong position but key questions around grid fees, grid connections, FCAs and the upcoming capacity market remain, speakers at the upcoming Energy Storage Summit Germany 2026 said. 

CATL’s Core Operation Carbon Neutrality Launch Event was held in Ningde, Fujian Province, China, on 17 August.

Etapro has deployed digital twin and predictive analytics at MGA Thermal’s 5MWh thermal energy storage demonstration plant in Australia.

California’s Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced two virtual power plant (VPP) bills aimed at reducing energy rates in the US state.

US startup Form Energy has secured a US$750 million Series G financing round led by global investment management firm T. Rowe Price.