Developer-operator Plus Power has secured US$160 million in tax equity investments from Morgan Stanley for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Massachusetts and Maine, US.

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.

Jupiter Power’s proposal to construct a standalone BESS in Westfield, Massachusetts is facing mounting opposition from residents and local officials.

System operator ISO New England has given the go-ahead for a 300MW/1,200MWh BESS located in Boston, Massachusetts under development by Boulder, Colorado-based developer and IPP Flatiron Energy. 

The Maine Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) recommended that the Maine Public Utilities Commission procure up to 200MW of energy storage in the state.

Hecate Energy has advanced one of its standalone battery storage facilities, in Essex County, Massachusetts, US.

EVLO Energy, the battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator arm of Canadian utility Hydro-Quebec, has launched a 20-foot 5MWh product.

Significant steps have been taken in the adoption of energy storage technologies in Rhode Island and Alaska, the smallest and largest US states by land area, respectively.

Jupiter Power has unveiled plans to construct a 700MW standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) facility at the site of a former oil depot previously owned by ExxonMobil in Everett, Massachusetts.

Plus Power has closed financing for a 150MW/300MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Massachusetts, US.