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Fire risk and safety

UL battery safety standard updated for new storage chemistries Underwriters Laboratories (UL) says the fifth edition of its ANSI/CAN/UL 9540A standard addresses technology such as sodium-ion batteries and new use-cases including rooftop installations.

15 hours ago

Grid-scale

‘Without pumped hydro, Spain should install maximum 50 GW of solar’ Lobby group Ecologists in Action says pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) holds the key to unlocking an optimal total solar capacity of 70 GW to 72 GW in Spain in 2030.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

16 hours ago

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Bringing clean energy to the creative arts US-based nonprofit creative collective Solarpunks sees the arts sector as a testbed for clean energy innovation.

Apr 15, 2025

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German study flags benefits of energy storage for balcony solar Analysis by EUPD Research and Anker Solix shows a 2 kW plug-in solar array and 2 kWh of energy storage capacity can reduce grid electricity costs 64%, leading to a four-year payback time.

Sandra Enkhardt

Apr 10, 2025

Products

French solar-plus-storage product ‘could provide grid flexibility of six nuclear reactors’ Octopus Energy Services has responded to the government's decision to slash the payments made to solar home owners for their excess electricity by launching its SolarPlus, home solar-plus-battery product.

Francois Puthod

Apr 09, 2025

Flow batteries

Smoke and vanadium leak from Swiss home energy storage unit Vanadium redox flow energy storage manufacturer Prolux Solutions said 50 l of vanadium electrolyte leaked from a residential unit in Arbon but no fire occurred.

Sandra Enkhardt

Apr 09, 2025

Policy

Slashed French net metering rates boost residential battery storage demand The 2025 edition of France's BePositive trade show coincided with the publication of new rates to be paid for excess solar power injected into the grid from small systems.

Gwenaelle Deboutte

Apr 08, 2025

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Octopus Energy and Tesla announce service integration in UK, Spain The partnership between the two energy tech giants will see Octopus install solar powered home battery Tesla Powerwall and Tesla customers utilize Octopus’ range of smart tariffs.

Jun 18, 2024

Field of PV and wind mills

Markets

Germany, UK, Ireland, Poland offer best renewables + BESS colocation potential Market analytics provider Aurora Energy Research has examined the potential for colocation of renewables with battery energy storage systems (BESS) across 12 European countries. It found that Germany, Great Britain, the Ireland I-SEM, and Poland are leading the pack.

Jun 14, 2024

Manufacturing

Volkswagen enters C&I energy storage business with Elli The Volkswagen Group has announced its entry into a new business segment with its charging and energy brand Elli. It will develop massive industrial battery energy storage systems, including initial 350 MW/700 MWh projects already in its pipeline.

Jun 10, 2024

Roofs with rooftop solar installations

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Australia’s virtual power plant pilot hits right notes for future markets A West Australian (WA) government virtual power plant technology pilot, Project Symphony, has successfully proven rooftop solar, batteries and major appliances can play an integral role in the state’s energy transition and create $920 million in value over the next decade.

Jun 07, 2024

Torus building

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US commercial real estate to host VPP-connected flywheels and batteries US-based technology provider Torus has agreed to supply nearly 26 MWh of energy storage for Gardner Group's commercial real estate portfolio. The project will integrate battery and flywheel energy storage systems (BESS, FESS) with Torus' proprietary energy management platform.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Jun 05, 2024

Ausgrid Community Battery

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Community battery rollout picks up pace in Australia The deployment of community batteries rolls on in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) with network operators Endeavour Energy and Ausgrid both launching new energy storage systems on their networks.

Jun 03, 2024

Workers installing battery

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Network of 35 neighbourhood batteries taking shape in Australia Queensland government-owned energy company Energex is pushing ahead with the deployment of up to 35 pole- and ground-mounted community batteries in the city of Ipswich as it explores how to best store and reuse solar energy from the state’s approximately 1 million rooftop solar systems.

May 29, 2024

Sonnen battery

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California is now a batteries-based rooftop solar market About 60% of energy customers in California have included battery energy storage with their rooftop solar installations. However, a “sustained downturn” is expected for the market.

May 24, 2024

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Spain’s storage deployments hit 495 MWh in 2023 According to new data from trade body UNEF, Spain reached 1.823 MWh of cumulative storage capacity at the end of December 2023.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

May 15, 2024

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