Tucson Electric Power, a utility company in the US state of Arizona, plans to own and operate a 200MW/800MWh battery storage system.

Europe-based organic flow battery company CMBlu has won its second US project, a 5MW, 10-hour duration pilot system with Arizona utility Salt River Project (SRP).

Israel-based renewable energy firm Enlight’s US subsidiary Clēnera has signed a 20-year power purchase (PPA) with utility Arizona Public Service (APS) for a solar-plus-storage project.

Developer Recurrent Energy, an arm of solar PV and ESS manufacturer Canadian Solar, has secured a 20-year agreement with a local utility for a 1,200MWh battery storage project in Arizona.

Developer Strata Clean Energy and utility Arizona Public Service (APS) have agreed a 20-year tolling agreement for a 255MW/1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

A 250MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Arizona will soon break ground, utility SRP and developer Plus Power said.

Longroad Energy has achieved financial close on Arizona project which will pair 285MWdc of solar PV with 215MW/860MWh battery storage.

American Battery Factory, a new firm planning a network of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery manufacturing facilities in the US, has chosen a site in Arizona for its first.

KORE Power, a company developing a lithium-ion gigafactory project in the US, has closed the initial $75 million tranche of a US$150 million fundraising round.

SRP has signed deals for two large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) that bring the Arizona utility to 800MW of energy storage.