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Enabling distributed battery owners in every U.S. state to earn compensation
To help states launch programs to compensate owners of distributed batteries for providing energy at peak times, Solar United Neighbors has developed model legislative language. Under one approach, the owner of a 5 kW battery could earn $1,100 per year.
Oct 10, 2024
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Most home battery storage systems meet warranty claims, new research finds
It took eight years of field measurements for researchers at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany to estimate the usable capacity of home battery energy storage systems and develop a dataset covering 106 system years and 14 billion datapoints. Their key finding was that home battery systems lose about two to three percentage points of usable capacity per year on average, meaning good news for the industry as most warranties in the market can be met with the implementation of capacity reserves.
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German state Schleswig-Holstein promotes commercial energy storage
Small and medium-sized companies can apply for financial support for storage systems. Electricity storage facilities must obtain at least 75% of their annual energy from a directly connected renewable energy plant to be eligible for a grant.
Matrix Energia enables storage-as-a-service for Brazil’s commercial consumers
The company began negotiating the installation of storage systems, at the beginning of 2024, without the need for investment from the client. By May 2024, it had negotiated 30 MWh of capacity and plans to sell 200 MWh by the end of 2024.
Senec says LFP battery exchange ramps up, launches two new products
After several fires, the EnBW subsidiary decided to replace certain models of residential battery storage systems that had already been installed and equip them with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells. Simultaneously, Senec is introducing two new LFP battery energy storage systems to the market.
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EUPD Research expects 11 GWh of home storage to be added in Europe in 2024
According to the Bonn-based analysts, the momentum for home battery storage systems with a capacity of up to 20 kWh is driven by emerging markets such as Poland and Hungary. In Germany, however, they expect a 5% drop in new installations compared to the previous year.
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Energy storage as a service gets underway near Bondi Beach, Australia
Australian distribution company Ausgrid has delivered its first community battery that can offer energy storage as a service for households, as part of a roll-out of as many as 400 community batteries to deliver between 1 GW to 2 GW of storage.
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