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Hungary announces residential battery energy storage subsidy program The government is launching a HUF 100 billion ($303 million) residential energy storage program to help families with solar panels achieve long-term energy self-sufficiency.

Dec 11, 2025

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Texas electric utility co-op taps networked residential batteries for outage protection The residential battery program, which deploys Base Power’s 11.4 kW/25 kWh battery systems, is designed to provide affordable, whole-home backup for members of Farmers Electric Cooperative while also delivering grid-balancing services to the wider region.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Dec 11, 2025

Grid-scale

India’s Oriana Power explores compact pumped storage for C&I customers, raises BESS target to 20 GWh by 2030 Oriana Power is expanding its focus beyond battery energy storage to compact pumped-storage solutions – a new generation of systems that the company believes could redefine the future of commercial and industrial (C&I) energy management.

Dec 08, 2025

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Home energy management systems advance: New products and features from EcoFlow, Tibber, Fenecon Updates for residential battery management are coming for existing installations, while new products also offer better insights and controls.

Dec 03, 2025

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Somalia launches tender for solar-storage systems at health facilities Somalia launches tender for solar-storage systems at health facilities, with minimum storage of 300 kWh

Nov 26, 2025

Grid-scale

Ingrid Capacity enters German battery storage market with 200 MW partnership The Swedish aggregator will finance, own, and operate battery assets developed by Energiequelle. The collaboration targets distribution grid nodes, with the majority of projects expected to reach ready-to-build status in 2026.

Nov 26, 2025

Revenue streams

Field test: Tesvolt commercial storage generates five-figure monthly revenues Over several months, German manufacturer Tesvolt analyzed its battery storage units across ten different customer projects. Beyond successful energy trading, the tests demonstrated that the systems reliably handle classic C&I applications such as self-consumption optimization and peak shaving.

Sandra Enkhardt

Nov 25, 2025

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Germany’s Heckert Solar launches C&I energy storage brand Commercial and industrial (C&I) battery energy storage systems (BESS) will be sold at the same location as photovoltaic company Heckert Solar, under the same management.

Feb 14, 2025

Policy

Minister: Behind-the-meter storage eligible for Spanish grid capacity mechanism There was only one policy announcement of note, in the face of numerous industry demands, at Spain's third Green Hydrogen and Storage Summit, organized by the Spanish Solar Photovoltaic Association (UNEF) in Madrid this week.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Feb 13, 2025

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Australia’s residential battery installations rise 30% in 2024 Australia installed more than 28,000 residential batteries in 2024, a 30% increase from the previous year, according to a Clean Energy Council (CEC) platform that tracks renewable energy adoption.

Feb 13, 2025

Opinion & Analysis

A fork in the road for energy storage Faster-than-expected price falls and global oversupply of batteries will go up against a rising tide of global protectionism this year. So how will it all shape up for the energy storage industry? Storage industry thought leader and UN adviser Marek Kubik considers the key issues.

Feb 10, 2025

Revenue streams

Germany’s Tesvolt begins energy trading from pooled commercial batteries The Tesvolt Energy subsidiary will work with algorithm traders Enspired, Entrix, and The Mobility House to use pooled 100 kWh-plus battery units for energy trading.

Sandra Enkhardt

Feb 06, 2025

Fire risk and safety

German court rules Senec dealer must refund cost of reduced-capacity home battery Judges at Bielefeld Regional Court ruled the maximum 70% operating capacity of the home battery – while replacement lithium ferro-phosphate (LFP) cells are awaited – is a material defect. Senec is appealing against the ruling.

Sandra Enkhardt

Feb 05, 2025

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Piclo opens California grid flexibility marketplace The distributed-energy resource (DER) market provider enables operators of batteries, smart electric vehicle (EV) chargers, and electricity demand-response systems to sell flexible grid storage capacity to utilities.

Feb 05, 2025

Markets

Germany’s battery storage fleet surges to 19 GWh Last year, the number of newly installed residential battery energy storage systems in Germany fell slightly. In contrast, the capacity of large-scale storage systems with a power output of more than 1 MW doubled within a year.

Sandra Enkhardt

Jan 31, 2025

Fire risk and safety

US startup unveils polymer battery electrolytes that eliminate thermal runaway Anthro Energy’s phase-change electrolytes reduce battery fire risk and can double cycle life.

Jan 31, 2025

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