In this US news roundup, Eos has received an advance on its DOE loan, FlexGen and Lighshift have partnered on 16 BESS projects, and Georgia Power has energised a 128MW BESS.

US battery energy storage system (BESS) developer-operator Jupiter Power has closed a US$1.4 billion financing, supporting 10 US BESS projects totalling 3,600MWh of capacity.

All BESS and demand response projects selected under ASL’s 2023 firming tender for New South Wales, Australia, are now operational.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Randolph Mann, CEO at developer esVolta at the 2026 US Battery Asset Management Summit in Garden Grove, California.

Alinta Energy has received the first shipment of battery units for its 250MW Reeves Plains Battery project in South Australia.

Victoria’s SEC invests up to AU$43 million for a stake in 400MW Baranduda battery system near Wodonga alongside Aware Super.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with David Miller, CCO of optimiser Gridmatic, at the 2026 US Battery Asset Management Summit in Garden Grove, California.

Interconnection costs for utility-scale energy storage in California are significantly lower than in other major US markets, with developers also benefiting from network upgrade cost reimbursements unavailable elsewhere, according to a senior executive at Rev Renewables.

Recent moves from the US federal government could prove more damaging to US renewable energy deployment than foreign entity of concern (FEOC) compliance requirements, according to legal and industry experts.

On 26 August, US President Donald Trump banned the import of inverters, transformers and other power equipment citing a potential risk to US grid security, via emergency executive order (EO).