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Australia adds 350,000 residential batteries and 4.6 GWh in 10 months under subsidy-scheme
With a 30% credit for the cost of a battery provided to installers, a boom has occured in Australia. Many homes have retrofitted batteries to existing solar, and many have taken up solar for the first time as well.
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Octopus Energy, Lunar Energy partner to offer $0-down battery-based retail electric plan in Texas
Homeowners in the deregulated Texas electricity market can sign up now for the 36-month PowerStore electricity plan, with a per-kWh rate of 8 cents and a $45 per month subscription for a 30 kWh Lunar Energy battery they can purchase after the initial term.
Swiss startup’s subscription model offers lifetime guarantee for second-life batteries
Switzerland startup Evolium Technologies' subscription-based business model offers residential battery owners a lifetime guarantee on second life batteries. The startup tests and remotely monitors each battery cell so it can alert customers when a cell is under-performing.
Switzerland’s behind-the-meter storage still beats utility-scale at 1.5 GWh, new installations up 90%
Swiss households, farms, and businesses have installed 400% more behind-the-meter storage over the past four years, according to Swissolar's Battery Monitor Switzerland 2026, a first comprehensive study on just how many storage units are in use.
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US Senate Republicans propose sparing batteries harshest elements of anti-Green New Deal legislation
Energy elements of Republicans' Budget Reconciliation Bill would leave the tax credits of battery component factories largely untouched but could target some foreign manufacturers as well as restricting incentives for small-scale batteries.
At least 18 GW of batteries await Brazil’s planned auction
While Brazil is making progress in customer-side, "behind-the-meter" and off-grid battery solutions – with more than 700 MWh – it still lacks guidelines for a planned gigawatt-scale national auction. Markus Vlasits, president of the Brazilian Association of Energy Storage Solutions (ABSAE), tells pv magazine about the nation's utility-scale battery bottleneck.
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EcoFlow reports storage surge as Germany reaches 1 million balcony power systems registered
EcoFlow reveals just how much storage is being added into the plug-in balcony solar system ecosystem in Germany. ESS News spoke with Arne Herkelmann, regional product manager at EcoFlow, about the milestone, the critical data shaping the market, and the hurdles that remain in Germany and wider Europe.
Italian region allocates funding for renewables, energy storage for business
Sardinia's councillor for industry, Emanuele Cani, announced grant funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Sulcis Iglesiente mining region and said a wider program of help would be offered across the island in due course.
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Australian state pairs increased VPP incentive with national battery rebate
The New South Wales (NSW) government has ended its home battery installation rebate, announcing it will instead provide up to $1,500 to households and small businesses that install a battery energy storage system and connect it to a virtual power plant.
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