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Spain’s Cegasa unveils its first utility-scale battery The Spanish manufacturer will exhibit the E/Xpand HV battery at the upcoming Smarter E show in Munich next month. It will showcase racks for commercial and industrial (C&I) and large-scale systems of up to 5 MWh.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Apr 24, 2025

Markets

What California and Texas can learn from Australia’s energy storage boom Australia has positioned itself as a global laboratory for energy storage deployment.

Apr 23, 2025

Distributed

Boston hospital’s 572 kW battery to pay for itself in 7 to 10 years The battery system is expected to earn $80,000 per year by providing energy to the local utility during peak summer demand periods, while saving $57,000 per year by reducing the hospital’s own monthly and annual peak consumption.

William Driscoll

Apr 23, 2025

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Record quarter for UK small-scale BESS installations MCS records almost 3,000 small-scale BESS installations in March 2025, a record-breaking month. Certified BESS installations in Q1 2025 were more than double the same period in 2024.

Apr 22, 2025

Projects & Applications

Energy S.p.A plans 8 GWh battery production site in Italy Energy S.p.A. is making plans for a new 8 GWh battery production facility in Italy's Veneto region, where it already operates a 400 MWh production line in partnership with Pylontech EU.

Sergio Matalucci

Apr 22, 2025

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.

Apr 17, 2025

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

Apr 17, 2025

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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

Software

Ampere launches energy storage and management product for energy communities The company says its Ampere Communities is "the first platform in Spain for managing energy communities with smart batteries, real-time response, and variable [electricity] distribution." Ampere says the platform "reduces energy costs by up to 80% and quadruples [a] community's energy independence."

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Apr 08, 2025

Distributed

German home battery owners can save state millions with ‘a maximum of six clicks’ Berlin-based researchers behind the 'Your Power Storage Can Do More!' initiative want home battery owners to use intelligent charging to help the grid and state budget, and slow battery aging.

Sandra Enkhardt

Apr 08, 2025

Distributed

Brazil’s Brasol to invest $26m in commercial batteries-as-a-service The director of Brasol's new business unit, Diogo Zaverucha, said the company sees huge pent-up demand for applications that are not yet regulated, and intends to participate in the storage-dedicated capacity reserve auction planned for the second half of the year.

Apr 08, 2025

Projects & Applications

Australian-made cybersecure residential battery launched On the back of the federal government’s AUD 2.3 billion ($1.38 billion) subsidy, Energy Renaissance (ER) has launched an Australian-made residential battery featuring a world-class, cyber-secure battery management system designed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

Apr 08, 2025

Industry

Australian PM vows $1.4bn home battery subsidy if re-elected The proposed Cheaper Home Batteries Program (CHBP) would offer installation discounts of up to 30% – around AUD 4,000 ($2,400) – and would take effect from July 1.

Apr 07, 2025

Distributed

Tesla Powerwall demand declines on negative sentiment toward Musk A Roth Capital Partners survey of residential solar and energy storage installers has revealed an apparent market shift away from the leading home battery provider in some parts of the United States.

Apr 01, 2025

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