Energy Vault has acquired a 150MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Texas. Meanwhile, Jupiter Power has entered an agreement with Austin Energy to provide 100MW of electricity from a BESS facility.

Community-owned public power utility Denton Municipal Electric (DME) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Jupiter Power covering offtake from one of the developer-operator’s standalone BESS projects destined for Robertson County in Texas. 

Three US battery energy storage system (BESS) developers, GridStor, Flatiron, and Jupiter Power, have advanced BESS projects totalling 1.6GWh across Arizona, Massachusetts, and Michigan.

A news roundup focusing on FlexGen’s recent partnership with Rosendin, Energy Vault and Jupiter Power’s continued development and assistance from Stem Inc. for rPlus Energies.

Jupiter Power and Recurrent Energy have secured a combined US$469 million financing for BESS projects in Michigan and Texas, US totalling 1GWh.

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

Another edition of news in brief, this time from regulators in the US states of Connecticut and Oregon and flow battery maker Quino Energy.

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved an application from Consumers Energy Co. for a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Voyager Energy Storage LLC for a 100MW/400MWh battery energy storage facility.

US battery energy storage system (BESS) project developer-operator Jupiter Power has secured a US$225 million corporate credit facility.

Developer Jupiter Power has begun operating a battery storage project in Houston which CEO Andy Bowman claimed is “the first of its scale” in the Texas, US city.