Overview
- A deal announced Thursday between LG Energy Solution Vertech and DTE Energy commits 6 gigawatt-hours (1.5 gigawatts across eight projects) of battery energy storage systems to be delivered over two years.
- LG said most battery cells will come from its Holland, Michigan plant and other U.S. and Canadian facilities, and that all eight projects will meet domestic-content requirements tied to state and federal incentives.
- DTE plans to use the systems to store excess generation and supply power at peak times, and the portfolio includes batteries to support Oracle’s planned AI data center in Saline Township.
- The contract follows supplier disruptions that left DTE seeking replacements for earlier projects, and a decision is still pending at the Michigan Public Service Commission on changing the Trenton project’s supplier to LG Vertech.
- LG is rapidly scaling its North American ESS capacity with a target above 50 GWh this year, a move the companies say will create local jobs, generate economic activity, and help DTE manage new large data-center loads that could affect customer rates.