According to the Q4 2025 US Energy Storage Monitor from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the American Clean Power Association (ACP), 2025 energy storage installations surpassed 2024 capacity.

In this edition of the Energy-Storage.news US news roundup, EticaAG partners with Shell on battery immersion tech, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory begins utility-scale battery testing, and ON.Energy announces a transformer supply agreement.

 Utility Georgia Power has reached an agreement with the Public Interest Advocacy (PIA) staff of the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), that, if approved, will help lower energy costs and meet electricity demand in the state.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with John Farrell, Co-Director of The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), on rising utility costs and the role energy storage can play.

The 600MW/1.6GWh Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub has commenced commercial operations in Victoria, Australia.

PJM has awarded 23 battery energy storage system (BESS) resources, totalling 2.2GW, with interconnection agreements (IAs) in its first transition cycle (TC1) of the reformed interconnection process.

Zenith secures 25-year PPA with Northern Star for 532MW hybrid project featuring a 138MW/300MWh BESS at Kalgoorlie gold mine in Australia.

Stanwell bags rights to Quinbrook’s 6.24GWh Gladstone Energy Hub, combining 780MW battery energy storage with gas generation in Queensland.

The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has issued a resolution and order requiring the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to complete the Accelerated Battery Energy Storage Addition Programme (ASAP).

Fortescue has completed delivery of its first large-scale battery storage system (BESS) to the North Star Junction site in Western Australia.