In this US news roundup, e-Storage, Spearmint Energy, and OCI Energy advance battery energy storage system (BESS) projects and financing in Michigan and Texas.

San Antonio, Texas utility CPS Energy and developer OCI Energy entered into a long-term storage capacity agreement (SCA) for a 120MW/480MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) 6 December.

Utility CPS Energy and IPP Eolian have entered into storage capacity agreements for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totalling 350MW of power capacity in the ERCOT, Texas market.

CPS Energy, a utility serving residents of San Antonio, Texas, has just broken ground on the first solar-plus-storage project it will own outright.