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Home battery demand hits record in Australia as rooftop solar rebounds A record 1.2 GWh of small-scale energy storage capacity was registered during February, a 24% increase on January 2026, SunWiz data shows.

Mar 11, 2026

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China launches first urban underground vanadium flow battery energy storage project Amid tightening regulations on the deployment of lithium-ion-based storage technologies, the first-of-its-kind project is expected to pave the way for safer energy storage installations in dense urban environments.

Mar 10, 2026

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Base Power announces 100 MW residential storage program with CoServ in Texas The program, which is the largest of Base Power’s five utility collaborations, will deliver battery backup to an estimated 5,000 CoServ customers.

Mar 10, 2026

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Photoncycle raises investment, aims to bring long-duration hydrogen energy storage systems to homes in 2027 The Norwegian company wants to create long-duration storage options using excess solar to create hydrogen to store as ammonia for use in cold, dark winters.

Mar 04, 2026

Offgrid

Huawei and Aggreko win Brazil’s largest battery storage contract, will replace diesel in the Amazon Solar microgrids with 110 MWp and 120 MWh of BESS across 24 locations in Amazonas state in Brazil coming to replace diesel consumption of 37 million liters/year.

Alessandra Neris

Mar 03, 2026

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Residential sodium-ion batteries now on sale via Austria’s Accupower: €3,990 The Natec Home has a nominal capacity of 7.68 kWh and a power output of 3.8 kW, and allows parallel connection of up to 15 units. The reference price is set at €3,990.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Mar 03, 2026

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Australia projected to install up to 12 GWh of residential storage in 2026 In 2026, the Clean Energy Regulator projects up to 12 GWh of storage capacity from approximately 520,000 potential residential battery installations, with rooftop solar expected to rebound from 2.7 GW in 2025 to between 3.0 GW and 3.37 GW.

Mar 03, 2026

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Solar Insure introduces 30-year residential solar battery warranty Installers can now offer their customers 30 years of protection plus a battery replacement between years 11 and 30 if capacity falls below 50%.

Mar 27, 2025

Products

France’s Imeon launches AI-powered home solar-plus-storage system Neo learns and adapts to user consumption habits, ensuring optimal use of rooftop solar energy and improving battery life.

Gwenaelle Deboutte

Mar 26, 2025

Revenue streams

Tesvolt launches new C&I battery storage system with 15 year performance guarantee With two cycles per day, the Forton can be loaded without voiding its 15-year performance guarantee. That opens the possibility of trading on the electricity market, enabling companies to recoup their investment more quickly.

Mar 26, 2025

Policy

Australian budget sees renewed calls for battery subsidy scheme, local manufacturing Industry representatives, a solar consumer group, and a senator are among the voices calling for support for batteries instead of continuing electricity bill support in the latest federal budget.

Mar 26, 2025

Supply chain

German home battery sales collapse but larger systems on the rise German energy storage sales are shrinking, especially home systems, but commercial and industrial (C&I) and utility-scale numbers are rising and the Federal Association of Energy Storage Systems (BVES) wants faster permitting and better regulation.

Mar 25, 2025

Manufacturing

Sax Power doubles home battery production capacity in Germany The storage specialist has built a second assembly hall at its site near Ulm. Its new battery energy storage system (BESS), the 7.7 kWh Home Plus, will be built there.

Mar 24, 2025

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French compressed air energy storage system for homes and businesses Segula Technologies has launched its Remora Stack product, a containerized isothermal air compression storage solution the company claims is 70% efficient.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Mar 21, 2025

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Home batteries versus gensets pv magazine USA assesses the difference in cost, functionality, and operations between conventional, fueled backup generators and home battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Mar 21, 2025

Markets

US energy storage installations grow 33% year-over-year Storage deployment in the United States grew across all segments and is forecast to grow another 25% in 2025, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Mar 20, 2025

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