Lightning Bug Energy company alights on Memphis
The International Port of Memphis approved on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, a 25-year lease to Lightning Bug Energy Storage, an affiliate of Swift Current Energy, for part of 76 acres at 1955 W. Shelby Drive. (Dima Amro/The Daily Memphian)
“We have a technology and energy storage specialist, and he was looking at hot points within the market of where power stored energy is needed,” said a company representative. “That’s what we found, that there was a need to have a battery in Memphis.”
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Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County Port of Memphis Swift Current Energy Lightning Bug Energy Storage Battery energy storage systemDima Amro
Dima Amro is a native Memphian who covers commercial real estate and economic development for The Daily Memphian. She received her B.A. in journalism at the University of Memphis and M.A. in investigative journalism at American University.
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