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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.

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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

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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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Community battery rollout picks up pace in Australia The deployment of community batteries rolls on in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) with network operators Endeavour Energy and Ausgrid both launching new energy storage systems on their networks.

Jun 03, 2024

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Network of 35 neighbourhood batteries taking shape in Australia Queensland government-owned energy company Energex is pushing ahead with the deployment of up to 35 pole- and ground-mounted community batteries in the city of Ipswich as it explores how to best store and reuse solar energy from the state’s approximately 1 million rooftop solar systems.

May 29, 2024

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California is now a batteries-based rooftop solar market About 60% of energy customers in California have included battery energy storage with their rooftop solar installations. However, a “sustained downturn” is expected for the market.

May 24, 2024

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Spain’s storage deployments hit 495 MWh in 2023 According to new data from trade body UNEF, Spain reached 1.823 MWh of cumulative storage capacity at the end of December 2023.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

May 15, 2024

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