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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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NineDot Energy enrolls 300 MW of community energy storage in New York The New York Statewide Solar For All program aims to deliver $40 a month in bill savings via participating in distributed solar and energy storage programs across the state.

John Fitzgerald Weaver

Dec 18, 2025

Projects & Applications

Texas BESS: GridStor inks tolling agreement for 350 MWh project, Sunrun teams up with NRG Energy for low-cost home storage GridStor, Sunrun, and NRG Energy are hoping their efforts in the Texas battery energy storage (BESS) market will provide flexibility for the strained Texas ERCOT grid by catering to energy demand.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Dec 17, 2025

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Australia commits extra $3.3 billion to home battery subsidy The Australian government has announced a major expansion of its Cheaper Home Batteries program, raising the funding allocation from the original AUD 2.3 billion to approximately AUD 7.2 billion over the next four years.

Dec 15, 2025

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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

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