Australia adds 9.1GW of new generation and storage in FY26 with battery storage dominating
Australia’s NEM connected 9.1GW of new generation and energy storage to full output in FY26, more than double the result achieved in FY25.
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Battery storage powers Japan’s shift from FIT to FIP
Green Growth, a Tokyo-based renewable energy developer, has started commercial operation of a battery energy storage system (BESS) co-located with Kagashiya’s high-voltage solar plant in Hita, Oita prefecture. The project is the first to reach commercial operation under Green Growth’s…
How to protect residential batteries from heat waves
According to data from the Spanish PV association UNEF, distributed storage linked to photovoltaic self-consumption reached 540 MWh in Spain in 2025, representing a 65% increase compared with the 327 MWh installed in 2024. Growth was mainly driven by the…
Australia moves to legislate net-generator requirement for large-scale data centres
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that large-scale data centres will be legally required to put at least as much energy into the grid as they draw from it, and that this supply must be renewable energy.
ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESG news: EU moves to relieve pressure of ETS carbon pricing system on industry; Deloitte launches new framework to measure value of sustainability investments; Google signs massive U.S. clean energy deal; Korea extends mandatory sustainability reporting to…
EU Taps the Brakes on ETS Carbon Pricing System
The European Commission announced the release of its highly-anticipated EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) review, proposing a series of changes to its main decarbonization policy, including measures to provide relief to industry by slowing the pace of emissions reduction mandated…
This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills
Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics through her Tulsa, Okla., middle school’s First Lego League team, and she fell in love…
China targets battery and solar overcapacity with new consumption taxes
China is introducing new consumption taxes on batteries and PV cells as Beijing tightens controls on clean energy manufacturing overcapacity and pushes producers toward higher-efficiency technologies. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has said that PV cells will be subject to…
India launches tender for 10 GWh battery cell manufacturing capacity for grid storage
India’s Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched a global tender to establish 10 GWh of advanced chemistry cell (ACC) manufacturing capacity for grid-scale stationary storage under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. Bidders are required to submit separate technical and…
Mexico’s Hidalgo PV-storage pipeline remains intact after Tulancingo exit
Mexico’s Hidalgo state government said the withdrawal of the Tulancingo solar project’s environmental review process does not affect three other PV-plus-storage developments in the state with planned battery capacity totaling 117.78 MW MWh. The projects – Delfín Solar, FV Tecozautla,…