Augmentation and end-of-life disposal look set to grow in significance in the next few years in the US, with nearly 1.5GW/3GWh of BESS projects now four years old or more.

The North American arm of Sweden’s Eolus Vind has secured financing and advanced the sales process for its 100MW/400MWh Pome standalone BESS facility located in San Diego County, California.

IPP Invenergy has put a 50MW BESS into commercial operations in Arizona, US, its 10th in the state.

Utility CPS Energy and IPP Eolian have entered into storage capacity agreements for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totalling 350MW of power capacity in the ERCOT, Texas market.

IPP Vitis Energy has acquired a 200MW BESS project in the ERCOT, Texas market from developer Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES).

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has approved a power purchase agreement (PPA) between investor-owned utility Consumers Energy and NextEra Energy Resources for the 200MW/800MWh Century Oaks Energy Storage project.

Sungrow will provide Spearmint Energy with more than a gigawatt-hour of battery energy storage system (BESS) technology after signing an agreement with the US developer.

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

Developer Jupiter Power has begun operating a battery storage project in Houston which CEO Andy Bowman claimed is “the first of its scale” in the Texas, US city.  

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.