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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

Products & Services

Fox ESS announces Power Q: New residential storage system line with 89.6% round-trip efficiency The new series features single- and three-phase systems with scalable LFP battery integration. Designed for rapid whole-house backup and VPP applications, the new product delivers up to 89.6 % round-trip efficiency, according to the manufacturer.

Emiliano Bellini

Mar 17, 2026

Products

Plug-in power in the US: Pii Energy unveils 1.2 kW / 2 kWh solar plus storage home system Plug-in power is starting to take flight in the US, with a new entrant showing a complete package for $2,400.

Mar 16, 2026

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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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Saudi Arabia is accelerating its clean energy transition. Join the third SunRise Arabia Clean Energy Conference in 2026 to explore how solar PV and energy storage are powering the Kingdom’s growing digital economy, including data centers. Policymakers, investors, and innovators will share insights on technology, deployment strategies, and long-term value creation in Saudi Arabia’s evolving energy landscape.

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Policy

US Energy Department $290m loan guarantee for Sunwealth virtual power plant The conditional loan guarantee will help deploy up to 1,000 solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in a virtual power plant across up to 27 states.

Nov 27, 2024

Manufacturing

EU expects battery pack price of less than $100/kWh by 2026/27 The prediction was included in the "Battery technology in the European Union: 2024 status report on technological development, trends, value chains and markets" report, by the EU Clean Energy Technology Observatory (CETO).

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Nov 26, 2024

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Brazil’s largest microgrid, with 2 MWh battery storage, inaugurated at Unicamp university The BRL 45.3 million ($7.81 million) CampusGrid project will shave BRL 450,000 per year off the State University of Campinas' (Unicamp) electricity bills.

Alessandra Neris

Nov 22, 2024

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US utility Xcel Energy launches battery storage incentive program Incentives are currently available for battery storage systems up to 50 kWh paired with solar systems under two programs ran in parallel in the state of Minnesota.

Nov 20, 2024

Products

Zendure releases pre-sized home solar and energy storage kit The SolarFlow Kit will be available in North America following a successful debut in Europe.

Nov 20, 2024

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Australia mulls battery rebate scheme for 1m systems by 2030 A national rebate targeting a million homes and businesses has been proposed to the Australian government on the back of a community-based Solar Citizens petition.

Nov 20, 2024

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‘Solar storage will be a mainstream solution, fully integrated into energy strategies across industries’ Shantanu Mishra, head of business development at Amplus Solar, speaks to pv magazine about the commercial and industrial (C&I) battery energy storage system (BESS) market in India.

Nov 19, 2024

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GridBeyond Storage funds behind-the-meter BESS across UK, Ireland GridBeyond Storage will explore behind-the-meter (BTM) solar PV and electric vehicle (EV) charging projects for commercial and industrial customers in Ireland and Scotland.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Nov 18, 2024

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EU upgrades open-access tool to assess residential solar-plus-storage yield The European Commission has released version 5.3 of its free Photovoltaic Geographical Information System (PVGIS), which calculates the yield of residential solar-plus-storage systems and provides global solar radiation and PV performance data.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Nov 18, 2024

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