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Perspective on flexibility: How batteries, demand response, and interconnectors are powering a new grid
As renewables surge and baseload plants retire, the energy system is facing an urgent need for flexible capacity to balance increasing volatility. While long-term solutions like batteries, interconnectors, and green hydrogen are underway, several short-term measures – from pairing new renewable energy plants with storage to leveraging underused grid connections – could help bridge the flexibility gap now. Sven Heiligtag, Managing Director at Vireo Ventures, explores both the challenges and actionable opportunities to stabilize the grid during the transition.
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Australian scheme to deliver 100 neighborhood batteries kicks off final funding round
The Australian state of Victoria has launched its third and final round of grant funding through the 100 Neighbourhood Batteries Program, offering AUD$400,000 per battery through multiple streams of eligibility to a pool of nine council regions.
Delta Green and E.ON offering $234 a year to households for grid flexibility
The virtual power plant (VPP) revolution is rolling out, with E.ON offering flexibility to the grid from home batteries, electric vehicle chargers, solar exports, and more, via Delta Green's software, and paying households for the optionality.
Researchers identify optimal level of solar, battery storage for Europe
Scientists in Hungary have developed a model to calculate the optimal PV and battery storage balance to support the European grid in the next few years. They found the cost-optimal range is 530 GW to 880 GW of solar, combined with battery storage equivalent to 2.5% to 7.5% of the total intermittent capacity.
Novel sizing approach for smart home batteries, solar
Researchers in Iran found a 500 Wh battery paired with 1 kW of solar generation capacity – and operating under a dynamic home energy management system (HEMS) – could offer up to 96% arbitrage opportunity while managing factors such as market prices, uncertain grid supply etc.
Jul 04, 2025
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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.
Pole-mounted community battery trials roll out in regional Australia
State-owned infrastructure company Essential Energy has partnered with retailer Origin Energy to roll out 35 pole-mounted community battery energy storage systems across the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) to trial peak demand management.
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India can leverage its solar and storage edge to avoid power shortages
Large-scale solar-plus-storage is the main option left to avoid power shortages as such systems can be deployed much faster than new thermal and hydro assets. Recent gigawatt-scale solar-plus-storage auction results, with a record low price of INR 3.40 ($0.04)/kWh, show that such deployment will be highly economical, according to a new study from the University of California’s India Energy and Climate Center.
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