The US Department of Energy (DOE) has closed a US$26.5 billion loan package to two wholly owned subsidiaries of utility Southern Company, in Georgia and Alabama, US.

In this Energy-Storage.news roundup, FlexGen updates its EMS, LandGate launches a BESS site selection tool, ON.energy and Shoals target AI data centres, and Sunrun has a successful season of dispatching energy with PG&E.

In an interview with Energy-Storage.news Premium, Jay Jayasuriya, Principal at Sendero Consulting, argues that AI data centres are “convenient scapegoats” for grid failures

RE Development Pty Ltd has submitted a development application for a 250MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Baldivis, Western Australia.

Akaysha Energy has confirmed that the replacement transformer for Australia’s 850MW Waratah Super Battery will be delivered in Q3 2026.

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has signed a preferred equity investment in IPP Linea Energy’s 235MW/470MWh Duffy battery energy storage system (BESS) in Matagorda County, Texas.

According to the US trade association group, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), US battery energy storage system (BESS) deployments are set to increase to 70GWh in 2026.

Wooderson Solar Development Co has secured federal environmental approval for a 450MW solar PV power plant with 3,600MWh of co-located battery energy storage in Queensland, Australia.

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures has unveiled plans for a 1.2GW/5GWh portfolio of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Spain.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has submitted the 780MW second stage of its Supernode BESS to Australia’s EPBC Act process for review.