In this Energy-Storage.news roundup, Hydrostor receives permitting approval for its California project, Hawaiian Electric is set to begin construction on a Maui battery energy storage system (BESS) and Peregrine and Wärtsilä advance construction of a Texas BESS.
California Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) Clean Power Alliance (CPA) last week (8 December 2025) moved one step closer to executing agreements for offtake with two companies developing innovative thermal battery storage projects.
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.
Nostromo Energy’s IceBrick thermal energy storage (TES) technology will participate in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) wholesale energy market.
Texas-based IPP Vistra Energy has informed the California Energy Commission (CEC) that it will not be advancing its 600MW Morro Bay battery energy storage system (BESS).
The Community Development and Infrastructure Department at Santa Cruz County has become the latest California jurisdiction to publish a draft zoning ordinance regulating the deployment of battery energy storage systems.
From the US, Maxwell Technologies is acquired for its third time, by Clarios, Fullmark Energy completes a tax credit transfer, and OATI partners with Colville Tribes on microgrid solutions.
An energy storage agreement (ESA) between Toronto, Ontario-headquartered developer Hydrostor and California community choice aggregator (CCA) Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) is set to be amended for the third time.
Critical minerals manufacturer and lithium-ion battery recycling company American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) has been selected to recycle batteries from the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Monterey County, California, US.
