The US Department of Energy has identified 1,800 sites in Alaska that could be suitable for new pumped hydro energy storage systems.

Renewable energy firm Greenvolt Power has acquired an early-stage co-located project in New Mexico, US, with a 50MW of energy storage.

Developer Jupiter Power has announced US$70.4 million in loan financing for two battery storage projects in ERCOT, Texas, arranged by First Citizens Bank.

US developer D. E. Shaw has broken ground on a 200MW solar, 100MW battery storage project in New Mexico, set to come online in 2024.

California has passed 5GW of grid-scale battery storage energy storage (BESS) projects, grid operator CAISO has revealed.

Lithium-ion battery and energy storage system (ESS) manufacturer Microvast has announced plans to set up an ESS manufacturing plant in Colorado, US, which will be operational this year.

The battery energy storage system (BESS) subsidiary of Canadian utility Hydro-Québec, EVLO Energy Storage, has announced its first project in the US.

US utility company Xcel Energy has received approval from Minnesota state regulators to build a 1GWh project in the state using Form Energy’s iron-air battery storage technology.

California utility SDG&E has commissioned two projects totalling 171MW of battery storage, while system integrator Ameresco has secured contracts to deliver 379MWh for at four gas plants in the state.

Hydrostor “remains fully committed” to its 4GWh advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project in California, its president told Energy-Storage.news as it considers alternative locations and delivery dates.