PPA has been signed for a large-scale solar-plus-storage power plant by a group of Arizona municipal utilities and local authorities.

Lithium-ion battery recycler Li-Cycle has opened its third recycling facility, in Arizona.

Power company AES Corporation is investigating the cause of what has been described as a thermal runaway incident at a 10MW battery energy storage system (BESS) site it owns and operates in Chandler, Arizona.

Two utility companies in Arizona are seeking ‘firm capacity’ resources in their newest procurement rounds.

A 214 acre site which will host a battery cell gigafactory in Arizona, US, has been acquired by KORE Power.

KORE Power, a company building a lithium-ion gigafactory in Arizona, has launched a full service storage integrator division with the acquisition of an existing provider.

In the third quarter of 2021, almost as much energy storage was deployed in the US as was recorded for the whole of 2020, when the industry surpassed a gigawatt of installations for the first time ever. 

A 25MW four-hour (100MWh) battery storage project has been connected to the grid by Arizona utility company Salt River Project (SRP).

Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona expressed delight yesterday as lithium-ion battery and stationary storage system manufacturer KORE Power selected his state for the location of a new gigafactory.

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