Ohm Analytics 2025 VPP market report reveals 21% growth in overall capacity
Ohm analysts tracked over 150 actions taken by utilities, regulators and legislators in 2025 and noted a 153% year-over-year increase in residential battery enrollments, with ample room to grow.
Reactivate and WM collaborate to convert former landfill sites to solar
The partnership aims to develop community solar, small utility-scale solar and energy storage projects on 50 or more of WM’s capped landfill sites across the United States.
Arizona project to incorporate 300 MW solar with 1,200 MWh of battery storage
Fluence is supplying its Gridstack Pro BESS for a Yuma, Arizona project.
Solar met 61% of U.S. electricity demand growth in 2025 as battery surge transforms the grid
A record-breaking year for solar generation and a leap in battery capacity have shifted the U.S. energy landscape, turning solar into a primary workhorse for meeting the nation’s surging power needs.
Duke Energy Florida unveils green hydrogen demonstration facility
The facility will use solar power to generate hydrogen used to run a modified GE Vernova combustion turbine during times of peak grid demand.
Duke Energy commissions 50 MW battery storage project at former coal site
The utility activated a four-hour duration lithium-ion system at its retired Allen Steam Station to manage rising solar capacity and provide grid reliability in the Carolinas.
Three massive grid-scale battery projects move ahead in Texas, California
Texas and California lead the latest energy storage surge with SolarMax and Spearmint advancing major projects, a Texas developer securing 10 GWh for data centers, and Ormat and Terra-gen commissioning 655 MWh of new capacity.
Island BESS: 400 MWh of batteries for Puerto Rico, first standalone project in Hawaii
Construction is underway on two projects with a cumulative capacity of 400 MWh in Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, Hawaiian Electric has broken ground on a 160 MWh project – the island’s first of its kind.
Energy Vault begins construction on 150 MW storage project in Texas
The SOSA Energy Center is the first project to break ground under the company’s Asset Vault investment platform.
U.S. Q3 energy storage deployment grows 31% year-over-year
Over 5.3 GW of energy storage was deployed in Q3 2025, said a report from Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association.
