Michigan Approves 1.3GW of Battery Energy Storage Projects, Signalling Structural Demand Shift for Lithium-Ion Supply Chains

A wave of utility-scale BESS approvals in Michigan underscores how grid reliability mandates and data centre power demand are converging to reshape battery metals procurement, lithium-ion cell supply, and energy storage project economics across the United States. Michigan BESS What Michigan Just Approved — and Why the Scale Matters The Michigan Public Service Commission on 27 March 2025 approved six battery energy storage system (BESS) projects with a combined capacity of 1,332MW, one of the largest single-state BESS approval packages in recent US regulatory history. The projects are split acr...