On 26 August, US President Donald Trump banned the import of inverters, transformers and other power equipment citing a potential risk to US grid security, via emergency executive order (EO).
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has released a comprehensive framework establishing principles and expectations for responsible data centre development in the state.
Heron Power and NeoVolta have secured significant credit facilities, while Carina Energy has launched a FEOC compliance support practice to help developers navigate increasingly complex regulatory requirements.
Developer SMT Energy and Software-focused energy storage system integrator FlexGen have announced the start of operations of a 160MW/320MWh energy storage facility Houston, Texas, US.
Second-life battery energy storage system (BESS) firms B2U, Moment and Rebaba are advancing project operations in Texas, US compliance, and new financing in Europe, respectively.
Utility Black Hills Energy has announced it will move forward with the construction of a 50MW/200MWh energy storage facility at its Pueblo Airport Generating Station (PAGS) in Colorado, US.
PJM has proposed a major overhaul of how it procures power capacity in response to surging data centre demand that has driven auction prices up more than 1,000% in two years and threatens to add US$70 per month to average household electricity bills by 2028.
Tech giant Google, Tesla, utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), and distributed energy resource (DER)-focused company Sunrun are launching a new virtual power plant (VPP) in California, US.
East Point Energy, owned by Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor has completed construction and started operations at the 100MW/200MWh Citrus Flatts energy storage project in Harlingen, Texas, US.
