NEWS: BESS developer Jupiter Power has raised $1.4B for 3.6 GWh of capacity in TX and MI.

That brings Jupiter Power’s total financing to more than $3B. The Texas-based company has 19.7 GWh of storage in operation. Now, the new additions could help TX become the nation’s leader in BESS capacity (last year, it ranked second behind California).

While we’re here: Startup Branch Energy pulled in $33M to bring its “grid-in-a-box” beyond its Texas home base. Each unit includes battery storage, thermal cooling, and grid-interconnection hardware…and can fit in a single parking space. Next stop for the grid-in-a-box: Illinois, where Voltus and Google are launching a buzzy VPP program next year.