US President Donald Trump’s 26 August emergency executive order banning imports of certain foreign-made power equipment has prompted widespread public comment and private concern across the energy storage industry.
Germany-headquartered inverter manufacturer SMA has launched a grid-forming solar-plus-storage solution in Australia, unveiling it at the All-Energy Australia 2026 event in Melbourne this week.
IPP Sonnedix has put two solar-plus-storage projects into commercial operation in Portugal, coinciding with the government moving to use BESS to strengthen the reliability of its electricity grid.
Battery storage projects have won nearly 40% of the capacity in Belgium’s latest capacity market (CM) auction results, while Germany’s first has all gone to gas, paying nearly eight times more than Belgium in the process.
Grid connections are now the biggest brake on rapid EV charging. Here’s how battery storage lets charging sites deliver more power from a smaller connection, and when it pays to add it.
Two Australian battery storage projects in Queensland and Victoria have entered federal environmental review, with AGL Energy and developer ACEnergy each submitting referrals under the same national process.
