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Romania mandates energy storage for prosumers Romania's parliament has adopted a bill mandating prosumers with PV systems with capacities from 10.8 kW to 400 kW to install energy storage systems.
Marija Maisch
19 hours ago
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UL Solutions introduces new testing protocol for residential battery storage systems The latest test method addresses the fire propagation behavior of a residential battery energy storage system if a thermal runaway propagation event leading to an internal fire were to occur during the system’s lifetime.
Marija Maisch
Jul 01, 2024
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Australian government backs more than 420 community batteries The Australian government has beefed up its commitment to community batteries to support the integration of renewable energy in the grid with more than 420 battery energy storage systems to be installed in neighbourhoods across the country as part of its Community Batteries for Household Solar program.
David Carroll
Jul 01, 2024
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Dr. George Hilton talking to Marija Maisch
In Conversation: ‘Good time to be battery storage developer’ At Intersolar Europe 2024, ESS News spoke with George Hilton, research and analysis manager at S&P Global, about the state of play in the battery energy storage supply chain and falling prices. According to Hilton, the overcapacity at every level of the supply chain has led to prices that are no longer sustainable for many market players. Meanwhile, technological innovation has led to an unprecedented variety of battery storage technologies on offer, and for a great number of markets the right time to jump in is now.
Marija Maisch
Jun 27, 2024
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Melbourne connects first community battery as part of planned city network The first of three planned 150 kW battery energy storage systems that are to form a combined 450 kW / 1 MWh capacity coordinated battery network across inner Melbourne has been switched on.
Ken Braganza
Jun 27, 2024
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Octopus Energy and Tesla announce service integration in UK, Spain The partnership between the two energy tech giants will see Octopus install solar powered home battery Tesla Powerwall and Tesla customers utilize Octopus’ range of smart tariffs.
Patrick Jowett
Jun 18, 2024
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Field of PV and wind mills
Germany, UK, Ireland, Poland offer best renewables + BESS colocation potential Market analytics provider Aurora Energy Research has examined the potential for colocation of renewables with battery energy storage systems (BESS) across 12 European countries. It found that Germany, Great Britain, the Ireland I-SEM, and Poland are leading the pack.
Marija Maisch
Jun 14, 2024

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US commercial real estate to host VPP-connected flywheels and batteries US-based technology provider Torus has agreed to supply nearly 26 MWh of energy storage for Gardner Group's commercial real estate portfolio. The project will integrate battery and flywheel energy storage systems (BESS, FESS) with Torus' proprietary energy management platform. 
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jun 05, 2024
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Ausgrid Community Battery
Community battery rollout picks up pace in Australia The deployment of community batteries rolls on in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) with network operators Endeavour Energy and Ausgrid both launching new energy storage systems on their networks.
Ev Foley
Jun 03, 2024
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Workers installing battery
Network of 35 neighbourhood batteries taking shape in Australia Queensland government-owned energy company Energex is pushing ahead with the deployment of up to 35 pole- and ground-mounted community batteries in the city of Ipswich as it explores how to best store and reuse solar energy from the state’s approximately 1 million rooftop solar systems.
Ev Foley
May 29, 2024
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Sonnen battery
California is now a batteries-based rooftop solar market About 60% of energy customers in California have included battery energy storage with their rooftop solar installations. However, a “sustained downturn” is expected for the market.
Ryan Kennedy
May 24, 2024
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Spain’s storage deployments hit 495 MWh in 2023 According to new data from trade body UNEF, Spain reached 1.823 MWh of cumulative storage capacity at the end of December 2023.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 15, 2024

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