NEWS

Lightshift on the move

June 22, 2026

Boston Globe

Virginia company plans to bring battery farms to six towns in Mass.

Six Massachusetts towns are plugging into battery power under a series of related deals announced on Monday by Lightshift Energy, a private-equity-owned developer based in Virginia.

June 22, 2026

Business Wire

Lightshift Energy Deploys Six New Battery Storage Projects in Massachusetts

Lightshift Energy today announced six new battery energy storage projects at municipal light departments in Massachusetts. The projects serve Georgetown, Ipswich, Groton, Princeton, Ashburnham and Marblehead and will add over 23 MW of storage capacity to a portfolio that already includes six operational projects, marking the latest phase of Lightshift’s statewide program.

April 16, 2026

Business Wire

Lightshift Energy and the Blue Ridge Power Agency Deploy Battery Storage Portfolio to Improve Rural Energy Affordability

Five-project portfolio with rural electric cooperatives and municipal utility will reduce peak demand costs, enhance reliability and support load growth

October 16, 2025

Financial Times

Lightshift Energy and KeyBanc Capital Markets Announce a $75 Million Project Finance Facility to Support Expanding Fleet of Battery Projects

Initial facility supports 6 operating projects and 10 projects entering construction, including Lightshift’s project with GlobalFoundries to power semiconductor manufacturing

July 31, 2025

PV Magazine

Energy storage microgrid keeps Massachusetts schools powered during outages

Lightshift Energy and Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Commission partnered on an energy storage project to enhance resilience of its schools, while also saving as much as $20 million for customers.

May 22, 2025

Latitude Media

Lightshift is developing Vermont’s biggest battery project with semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries

The energy storage company is developing a 16-megawatt and 52-megawatt-hour system for a semiconductor manufacturing facility owned by GlobalFoundries. The system will cover up to 40% of the facility’s load, and it will be used for peak shaving: storing electricity when demand and costs are low, and discharging when demand peaks.

April 23, 2025

Lightshift Energy

After Successful First Project, Lightshift Energy to Develop Second Battery Project in Danville, VA

Danville Utilities and Lightshift Energy partner for a second time to bring up to $30M in energy cost savings to the local community while supporting regional load growth

November 21, 2024

Renewable Energy World

How a unique partnership is enabling battery energy storage for municipal utilities in Massachusetts

PMLD is one of 40 municipal utilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Tiny ones like Paxton can’t always afford to invest in substantial clean energy technology like battery energy storage systems (BESS), but does that mean the people who live there should be left behind in the clean energy transition while increasing grid demands strain their resilience?

Not if Lightshift Energy and the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) have something to say about it.

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