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UK residential battery supplier GivEnergy enters administration proceedings Early-stage administration process raises questions over warranties, installer exposure, and UK residential storage market confidence.

Apr 09, 2026

Grid-scale

The community warning signs that can make or break a battery project Early signals from misinformation to tense public meetings are helping developers identify community opposition before permitting begins.

Apr 09, 2026

Projects & Applications

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.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Apr 02, 2026

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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.

Mar 27, 2026

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Sunrun installs nearly half of US residential storage in 2025 The company boasted over 70% attachment rates last quarter.

Mar 26, 2026

Revenue streams

Why Rhythm Energy turned to Origin’s Kinergy for its Texas VPP ambitions In a first for North America, the Texas retailer is entering home battery aggregation, using Origin's Kinergy platform that comes out of Australia, along with interoperability specialist Intertrust. Co-founder Matthew Tolliver explains the choices, why residential batteries are the starting point, and the still strong friction in scaling VPPs.

Mar 24, 2026

Grid-scale

How on-site batteries are fast-tracking data center grid connections Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are already regularly deployed in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications for data centers, but current market conditions are now driving new deployment needs and strategies. Blathnaid O’Dea hears from industry insiders about increasingly popular approaches like bring your own capacity (BYOC) and flexible grid connections (FGC), and why batteries can provide services beyond speed to power that gas turbines can’t.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Mar 19, 2026

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April 01 – August 31, 2026

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IEEFA: Solar revolution now extends to batteries in Pakistan, with rapid ROI Falling solar and battery costs – and rising grid electricity prices – are driving a boom in small-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yet, this could mean trouble in a country which is already sitting on 'stranded' liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plants.

Jun 06, 2025

Roofs with rooftop solar installations

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Home battery incentives could see 100,000 systems installed in Western Australia A plan to permit incentives from federal and state battery schemes to be cumulative has been abandoned but the government of Western Australia (WA) says dovetailing the two programs will mean more households can benefit.

Jun 04, 2025

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Battery-as-a-service model gains ground in US The battery energy storage system-as-a-service (BESSaaS) approach offers reduced energy bills and new revenue streams to businesses without any upfront battery cost.

Brian Publicover

Jun 03, 2025

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SunWiz details sharp rise in Australian residential battery installation Australia is on the cusp of a surge in solar battery adoption with Warrandyte-based consultancy SunWiz forecasting at least 100,000 home energy storage systems, with a combined capacity of 1.2 GWh, will be rolled out next year, for a 38% annual rise in deployment.

Jun 03, 2025

Workers assembling batteries

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Eos Energy delivers 3 MW/15MWh zinc battery for California tribal land project Eos Energy and Faraday Microgrids have partnered to deliver a zinc-based battery energy storage system on tribal land in California.

Jun 02, 2025

Grid-scale

Californian batteries set new output record Amid industry turmoil, California has been setting new benchmarks for the volume of instantaneous electricity injected into the grid by the state's battery and solar sites.

John Fitzgerald Weaver

May 28, 2025

Manufacturing

ABB, Suma Capital, Verbund invest €12m in Spanish battery maker Hesstec The new shareholders will help the Valencian business expand into European and wider markets by targeting grid companies, renewable energy sites, and big commercial and industrial (C&I) clients.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

May 28, 2025

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CoolPlanet’s 2.5 MWh battery storage system craned into location in Ireland A great short video showing a big battery energy storage system (BESS) lift being ably completely

May 27, 2025

Policy

Australian state ends interest-free home battery program The state of Victoria is no longer accepting applications for interest-free home battery loans and said the scheme will eventually have financed more than 5,800 systems.

May 27, 2025

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