IPP Clearway Energy Group has closed US$550 million in financing for a solar-plus-storage project with a 118MW BESS in Kern County, California.

The North American arm of Sweden’s Eolus Vind has secured financing and advanced the sales process for its 100MW/400MWh Pome standalone BESS facility located in San Diego County, California.

System integrator Stem Inc has received a warning from regulators over its NYSE listing, while zinc battery technology firm Eos Energy Enterprises completed the first milestones related to private equity firm Cerberus’ investment.

IPP Invenergy has put a 50MW BESS into commercial operations in Arizona, US, its 10th in the state.

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

Independent power producer (IPP) NextEra Energy Resources (NEER) is set to build a 600MW standalone BESS facility in the City of Ontario, California, half of which is tied to a utility agreement.

IPP Vitis Energy has acquired a 200MW BESS project in the ERCOT, Texas market from developer Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES).

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has started construction on a 130MW solar, 260MWh battery storage facility in New Mexico.

IPP Ormat Technologies has signed seven-year tolling agreements with Equilibrium Energy for two BESS projects in the ERCOT, Texas market.

US firm Natron Energy has announced plans for a sodium-ion gigafactory in North Carolina, while two Chinese firms have firmed up their projects, all-in-all totalling over 30GWh of annual sodium-ion production capacity.