South Korean battery and electronics materials manufacturer Samsung SDI has signed a 1GWh supply agreement with US IPP Alpha Omega Power (AOP).

Heron Power and NiSource have separately announced US data centre-focused deals involving battery energy storage systems (BESS) in recent days.

South Korean battery and electronics materials manufacturer Samsung SDI has secured a KRW1.5 trillion (US$1 billion) deal to supply energy storage system (ESS) batteries for a US energy company.

A subsidiary of utility Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) has struck a deal with Amazon to construct 3GW of new dispatchable capacity, with the aim of serving the tech company’s planned data center expansion.

Officials at the Zoning Board of Appeals for Hamilton County, Indiana, have rejected an application for a lithium iron phosphate BESS from developer Aypa Power.

DESRI, Origis Energy and rPlus Energies have progressed the financing or construction of major large-scale solar and storage projects across the US, totalling 2.8GWh of BESS capacity – all outside of Texas and California.

According to the American Clean Power Association’s (ACP’s) Q1 2025 market report, US clean power deployment totalled 7.4GW.

Subsidiary of the AES Corporation, AES Indiana, has announced the opening of the 200MW/800MWh Pike County Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Pike County, Indiana, US.

Days before Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has announced US$22.92 billion in loans across eight projects.

Plans for a 400MW standalone BESS in Howard County, Indiana, proposed by Spearmint Energy faced a major setback last week.