In this US news roundup, BESS projects in California, Arizona, and Nevada advance from EDP Renewables, Tucson Electric Power, and EDF Power Solutions North America.

Two South Korean-headquartered companies, LG Energy Solution and DeltaX are establishing battery cell factories in the US.

Energy-Storage.news speaks with Raafe Khan, head of energy storage at Camelot Energy Group, ahead of the upcoming Battery Asset Management Summit (BAMS) USA in Garden Grove, California.

Utility Appalachian Power (APCo) is seeking up to 800MW total of energy storage resources via two new requests for proposals (RFPs) in Virginia, US.

California’s Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced two virtual power plant (VPP) bills aimed at reducing energy rates in the US state.

US-based startup Heron Power has selected Morgan Hill, California, to build its first power electronics manufacturing facility in the US.

US startup Form Energy has secured a US$750 million Series G financing round led by global investment management firm T. Rowe Price.

A new report from climate consultancy Ember highlights the important relationship between energy storage and solar, unlocking the “era of anytime solar.”

Energy-Storage.news speaks with Alon Maskovich, CEO and co-founder of enSights about BESS economics and the company’s new battery economics calculator.

US ‘multi-day’ energy storage startup Noon Energy has made an agreement with renewables platform Sabanci Renewables, to deploy 1GW of Noon’s technology for AI infrastructure in the US.