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Tunisia approves residential solar-plus-storage amid heatwave
Tunisia has authorized residential battery storage systems paired with hybrid inverters as prolonged heatwave-driven electricity demand strains the national grid, allowing solar owners to use stored energy during power outages.
Jul 24, 2026
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How to protect residential batteries from heat waves
An expert from Kiwa PI Berlin recommends installing batteries in thermally stable locations, ensuring proper ventilation, following manufacturer guidelines, and using certified equipment to reduce heat-related risks. During heatwaves, shifting daytime electricity consumption to direct solar use can help limit battery stress and prevent overheating.
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Energy storage as a service gets underway near Bondi Beach, Australia
Australian distribution company Ausgrid has delivered its first community battery that can offer energy storage as a service for households, as part of a roll-out of as many as 400 community batteries to deliver between 1 GW to 2 GW of storage.
Pole-mounted community battery trials roll out in regional Australia
State-owned infrastructure company Essential Energy has partnered with retailer Origin Energy to roll out 35 pole-mounted community battery energy storage systems across the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) to trial peak demand management.
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India can leverage its solar and storage edge to avoid power shortages
Large-scale solar-plus-storage is the main option left to avoid power shortages as such systems can be deployed much faster than new thermal and hydro assets. Recent gigawatt-scale solar-plus-storage auction results, with a record low price of INR 3.40 ($0.04)/kWh, show that such deployment will be highly economical, according to a new study from the University of California’s India Energy and Climate Center.
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Winter weather in Australia highlights bigger role for batteries
The latest quarterly report from the country’s energy market operator shows the role of batteries in supporting demand peaks in the National Electricity Market is on the rise, with average generation in those periods more than doubling since the same time last year.
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