Ford Energy reportedly will deploy batteries with DESRI

Ford Energy has reportedly agreed to work with DESRI to deploy battery storage across the United States. The November 5 report does not name a first project site, a purchase volume, or a price.

DESRI plans to purchase and integrate BESS from Ford Energy to support its own large-scale utility solar and storage projects. The report describes DESRI as a company that develops, owns, and operates renewable and battery assets in the U.S. It says the two will deploy storage units around the country and add dispatchable capacity to the grid. It does not say how many units DESRI has ordered.

The plant context is separate from the order size. The report says Ford Energy has taken over the former BlueOval SK joint-venture plant in Glendale, Kentucky, and is converting it to build units for utilities, data centers, and large industrial and commercial customers in the U.S. It says Ford Energy expects at least 20 GWh a year once that facility is running. It also says the company is exploring products beyond the FE-250 and FE-450 DC blocks. It does not give those blocks' capacity or price.

A start date is not clean in this report. One line says production is expected in late 2027. A linked headline on the same page says production by 2028. Those do not match, so this piece does not treat either date as confirmed. The report also points to a separate note that contracts and late-stage talks cover most 2028 capacity. That figure is not restated here.

The collaboration is a deployment plan, not a finished plant. The report does not say the Glendale line is producing, and it does not say DESRI has taken delivery. It says Ford Energy is seeing demand for U.S.-assembled grid-scale units, and that the DESRI work is meant to place those units on projects DESRI already develops.