Energy-storage.news sat down with energy storage integration company Shenzhen Enershare at the Solar & Storage Live 2023 event in Birmingham, England earlier this month.

Green Mountain Power (GMP), a utility in the US state of Vermont, has requested approval on US$30 million in funding to expand a home battery energy storage scheme.

Global residential energy storage shipments fell year-on-year for the first time in the second quarter of 2023, S&P Global said, amidst less energy price volatility, high inventories and rising costs.

California-based FranklinWH Energy Storage has secured a US$25 million Series B to scale up its residential battery and energy management software offering in the US and Puerto Rico.

Virtual power plant (VPP) projects using home batteries have been launched and extended in Texas, Vermont and California.

Germany and US residential battery storage and VPP provider sonnen’s network of batteries in Germany has reached 250MWh, and will hit 1GWh in the next few years, it said.

Europe saw an 83% increase in residential battery installations in 2022, according to research firm LCP-Delta.

The first phase of a residential battery storage program in the US state of New Hampshire has met all its conditions and saved the utility “more than expected” after an initial 100 units were deployed.

A roundup of news from the residential energy storage sector from Australia to California.

Electriq Power looks set to become the latest in a series of SPAC listings in the energy storage sector, with the US home energy storage firm set to hit a US$495 million valuation.