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UK residential battery supplier GivEnergy enters administration proceedings Early-stage administration process raises questions over warranties, installer exposure, and UK residential storage market confidence.

Apr 09, 2026

Grid-scale

The community warning signs that can make or break a battery project Early signals from misinformation to tense public meetings are helping developers identify community opposition before permitting begins.

Apr 09, 2026

Projects & Applications

Swiss startup’s subscription model offers lifetime guarantee for second-life batteries Switzerland startup Evolium Technologies' subscription-based business model offers residential battery owners a lifetime guarantee on second life batteries. The startup tests and remotely monitors each battery cell so it can alert customers when a cell is under-performing.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Apr 02, 2026

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Switzerland’s behind-the-meter storage still beats utility-scale at 1.5 GWh, new installations up 90% Swiss households, farms, and businesses have installed 400% more behind-the-meter storage over the past four years, according to Swissolar's Battery Monitor Switzerland 2026, a first comprehensive study on just how many storage units are in use.

Mar 27, 2026

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Sunrun installs nearly half of US residential storage in 2025 The company boasted over 70% attachment rates last quarter.

Mar 26, 2026

Revenue streams

Why Rhythm Energy turned to Origin’s Kinergy for its Texas VPP ambitions In a first for North America, the Texas retailer is entering home battery aggregation, using Origin's Kinergy platform that comes out of Australia, along with interoperability specialist Intertrust. Co-founder Matthew Tolliver explains the choices, why residential batteries are the starting point, and the still strong friction in scaling VPPs.

Mar 24, 2026

Grid-scale

How on-site batteries are fast-tracking data center grid connections Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are already regularly deployed in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications for data centers, but current market conditions are now driving new deployment needs and strategies. Blathnaid O’Dea hears from industry insiders about increasingly popular approaches like bring your own capacity (BYOC) and flexible grid connections (FGC), and why batteries can provide services beyond speed to power that gas turbines can’t.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Mar 19, 2026

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April 01 – August 31, 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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