Governor of Maryland, US, Wes Moore, has announced a US$2 million initiative to make battery storage more accessible for residents and business owners in the state.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with the co-founder and chief products officer of microinverter and home energy storage system supplier Enphase Energy, Raghu Belur, to discuss the domestic content of its systems and the company’s latest earnings report.

A 535MW fleet of aggregated household battery storage systems, including Tesla Powerwalls, effectively reduced net load on the California grid in a recent test event.  

Western Australia has expanded the state’s home BESS rebate scheme, which is expected to lower installation costs for around 100,000 households.

RedEarth has partnered with China’s Nebula Electronics and ambibox to develop what it claims is the world’s first ‘Microgrid-in-a-Box’ (MIB).

Energy storage virtual power plant (VPP) provider Sonnen is partnering with Abundance Energy and Energywell Technology Licensing to develop a battery-enabled VPP in Texas, US.

NYSERDA has launched a programme to incentivise residential and retail energy storage in the state, offering a total of US$775 million for energy storage projects.

Three virtual power plant (VPP) programmes have been announced in California and Colorado. Two of them will use Tesla’s Powerwall battery. Another is attempting to change customer habits to save energy and money.

According to the Q1 2025 US Energy Storage Monitor from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the American Clean Power Association (ACP), energy storage installations surpassed 12GW in 2024.

US residential solar installer Sunrun ended 2024 with an energy storage attachment rate of 62% in the fourth quarter of the year.