Broad Reach Power is the latest US battery storage industry player to announce US$100 million or more in financing over the past few weeks.

Some 5GWh of utility-scale battery energy storage was deployed in the first half of 2022, up one third while wind and solar fell 50-70%, according to American Clean Power (ACP).

Battery storage deployments on the California ISO (CAISO) grid slowed in the lead-up to the peak summer season, with no new battery energy storage connected in May and only 65MW added in June.

Generate Capital has acquired US large-scale battery storage developer esVolta.

Hydrostor waits to hear if one of its proposed large-scale projects in California will get approved to supply electricity.

Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, the single largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the world so far, is back online.

Energy technology company Wärtsilä is supplying 500MW/2,000MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) to PV projects operated by Clearway Energy Group in Hawaii and California, US.

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ArcLight views its portfolio of existing thermal power plant assets as “excellent potential locations for battery projects”.

Investor-owned utility SDG&E and the City of San Diego are launching a dozen microgrid projects with energy storage across San Diego, California, following similar announcements elsewhere in the state.