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Riding the learning curve: what it’s really like operating a community battery in Australia

February 25, 2025
Community batteries are likely to become another tool in a decentralised energy grid, write Lachlan Hensey and Timothy Shue from Australia’s Yarra Energy Foundation.
SolarEdge launched new commercial battery storage products into the European market earlier this year. Image: SolarEdge.

SolarEdge focused on PV-tied energy storage applications only, CEO says after division closure

November 29, 2024
SolarEdge interim CEO Ronen Faier has spoken about the closure of the company’s utility-scale battery storage manufacturing business.
Wood Mackenzie forecasted 62GW of cumulative grid-scale additions between 2024-2028 and about 10GW of residential. Image: Wood Mackenzie

US set grid-scale BESS deployment record in second quarter of 2024

October 2, 2024
With more than 3GW of new deployments in the second quarter of this year, “energy storage is becoming a mainstay of the power grid” in the US.
The TEPCO and ENERES project will enrol customers with Kyocera's Enerezza home battery systems (pictured). Image: Kyocera

Tokyo utilities put home battery storage in Japan’s power supply-demand adjustment mix

September 5, 2024
Home battery storage aggregation projects have launched with participation of Tokyo Electric Power Co, and Tokyo Gas, two major utility companies in the Japanese capital.
Japan is targeting for 36% to 38% of its electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030, up from about 20% today. Image: Andy Colthorpe / Solar Media

Japanese government selects battery aggregators for JPY9 billion subsidy scheme

July 23, 2024
The Japanese government has published the list of battery aggregators that successfully applied to a scheme to promote energy storage systems.
Energy storage is now a major player in the global energy transition. Image: Huawei
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Accelerating PV and energy storage – a special report from Huawei, ESN and PV Tech

July 4, 2024
Energy-Storage.news, PV Tech and Huawei present a special report on the technologies and trends shaping the global energy storage market.
Then-state premier Steven Marshall speaks at the 2018 opening of a factory in South Australia by home ESS maker Sonnen. The state accounted for 27% of market volume in 2022 and leads in per-household installations. Image: Sonnen.
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Friday Briefing: Tapping the power of DERs, and not a total eclipse of the BESS

April 12, 2024
This Friday Briefing takes a look at how residential battery storage and other DERs can be a force for the greater grid.
Top three residential storage manufacturers b market share included Alpha ESS (pictured), Tesla, and Sungrow. Image: Alpha ESS.

Australia installed 2.5GWh of battery storage in record-breaking ‘Year of the Big Battery’

April 10, 2024
Australia’s battery storage market had a record-breaking year in 2023 across utility-scale, residential, and commercial and industrial (C&I) segments.
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Europe installed 10GW of energy storage in 2023, EU policies to drive major growth this decade

April 2, 2024
Europe has seen its first year when energy storage deployments by power capacity exceeded 10GW in 2023.
The smart string energy storage system range (pictured) offers flexibility, user-friendliness and great design coupled with ease of installation and 5-layer protection. Image: Huawei.
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The future of home energy: Huawei’s flagship residential energy storage product

March 29, 2024
Huawei’s flagship Residential Solar ESS product, the LUNA2000-7/14/21-S1(Huawei LUNA S1), represents a significant leap in home energy solutions technology.

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