Massachusetts’s electric distribution companies (EDCs) and the state’s Department of Energy Resources (DOER) have launched a request for proposals (RFP) for approximately 1,500MW of mid-duration energy storage systems.

A 535MW fleet of aggregated household battery storage systems, including Tesla Powerwalls, effectively reduced net load on the California grid in a recent test event.  

Caterpillar has agreed to deploy a CHP plant featuring more than a gigawatt-hour of batteries for a new data centre complex in Utah, US.

Optimisation platform provider Ascend Analytics and EPC firm SolarMax Technologies have announced battery storage projects by clients and partners in Texas’ ERCOT market.

Arevon’s Eland Solar-plus-Storage Center in Los Angeles, California, is complete, comprising 758MW of solar and 1,200MWh battery storage.

The annual capacity of battery cell manufacturing for ESS in the US looks set to reach 50GWh by the end of next year, based on recent company announcements.

In a move that might offer encouraging signs for the deployment of energy storage in the US Midwest, officials in Nebraska’s capital city, Lincoln, have recommended updates to zoning laws to allow large-scale battery storage.

Sodium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) startup Peak Energy has launched and shipped its first sodium-ion BESS to be deployed in a shared pilot with nine utility and independent power producers (IPPs).

US zinc battery and energy storage system maker Eos Energy Enterprises has reported year-on-year revenue growth of 243% from the first half of 2024.

Clean energy owner-operators Apex Clean Energy and esVolta have commissioned and put into commercial operation BESS projects in the ERCOT, Texas market, while second life BESS firm B2U has started building one in the state.