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Romania: $150 million for storage in municipalities, funding for 500 MWh battery project
Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan has unveiled a new €150 million energy storage program, expected to deliver 385 MW of battery storage projects across Romanian municipalities. Meanwhile, one of the country’s largest standalone battery storage projects has secured financing.
EDP, Rondo’s solar and 100 MWh heat battery to power Heineken operations in Portugal
Portugal’s first heat-as-a-service agreement combines a 7 MW solar plant and a 100 MWh thermal battery to provide continuous, zero-emission steam for industrial use, according to Rondo Energy and Energias de Portugal (EDP).
Key takeaways from All Energy Australia 2025
The strong interest in battery storage was evident on the trade show floor, riding the wave of a rapid surge in residential BESS adoption. Moreover, despite the ongoing challenge of solar price cannibalization, Australia’s PV market appears poised for a period of accelerated growth.
Japanese utility uses Sharp PV-linked home batteries for grid balancing
Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power is using Sharp’s residential batteries and AI-powered energy management systems to balance grid demand and optimize household solar energy use. Customers in the program can earn points redeemable for local products.
Sonnen launches trade-in program for old solar battery storage systems regardless of condition or manufacturer
The initiative by the Allgäu-based company targets owners of photovoltaic storage systems installed before the end of 2020. The value of the trade-in bonus depends on the capacity of the new Sonnen battery. Sonnen describes the campaign as a “targeted growth initiative in a new market segment.”
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Meet Scale Energy, the startup building Europe’s largest decentralized battery energy storage network
Scale Energy has secured a EUR 2 million equity investment to build what it claims will be Europe’s largest decentralized battery energy storage network. The Berlin-based startup’s CEO and co-founder Elias Aruna told ESS News its business case rests on deploying its system on grid connection sites belonging to industrial customers, without their investment, and then sharing the profits with the customer.
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Western Australia serves up $246 million residential battery rebate scheme
At the official campaign launch for the March 8 state election, Western Australian Labor has unveiled plans for home battery energy storage system rebates and interest free loans expected to deliver more than 200 MWh of small-scale storage capacity.
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Sonnen sales boss: Germany’s solar peak law is ‘revolutionary’
The requirements of Germany's new Solarspitzen "solar peak law" – which halts payments for solar electricity fed into the grid by small arrays during negative electricity price periods – and of section 14a of Germany's Energy Industry Act (EnWG), which incentivizes household and business participation in grid load management, could turbocharge the small-scale energy storage market.
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