Amendments to rules for battery storage state-of-charge (SOC) in the ERCOT, Texas, market are ‘an improvement’ to the current ones but will still impact the ability of batteries to provide ancillary services, Gridmatic has said.

American Battery Factory has started construction on its gigafactory in Arizona, US, which will produce lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells.

US-made battery energy storage system (BESS) DC container solutions will become cost-competitive with those from China in 2025 thanks to incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Clean Energy Associates said.

The battery energy storage system (BESS) arm of PV module manufacturer Canadian Solar has won a 800MWh order for a project in Arizona from Tucson Electric Power (TEP).

Oil and gas major TotalEnergies has put a 380MW solar PV, 255MWh battery storage project into commercial operation in the ERCOT, Texas market.

Germany-headquartered organic flow battery company CMBlu has secured €100 million (US$107 million) from technology and construction firm Strabag.

Green Mountain Power (GMP), a utility in the US state of Vermont, has requested approval on US$30 million in funding to expand a home battery energy storage scheme.

Global battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Fluence has unveiled the Gridstack Pro, the latest iteration of its grid-scale product.

Developer Origis Energy has started building three solar-plus-storage projects in Mississippi, US, with battery energy storage systems (BESS) totalling 150MW supplied by Mitsubishi Power Americas.

Canada-based firm Moment Energy has secured UL 1974 certification for second life energy storage production, the first in North America to do so, the company said.