Australia’s Waratah Super Battery gets extended term and new revenue model as trading profits flow to consumers
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has remade two revenue determinations for the Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales.
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Australia home battery installations surge 52% to 276,011 in H1 2026, outpacing rooftop solar growth
Australians installed 276,011 home battery storage systems in the first half of 2026, 52% more than in the previous six months.
ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESG news: Over 80% of investors expect climate risk to impact asset prices – survey; SEC drops investigation into BlackRock, State Street with warning to investors over climate groups; HSBC loans with rates tied to ESG scores…
Master AI Chip Principles With New IEEE Design Program
Today’s engineers face an unprecedented acceleration in AI hardware complexity, as explained in the recent research article “Revisiting Edge AI: Opportunities and Challenges.” The article examines the rapid growth of edge AI and the challenges it creates, including resource constraints,…
INTERVIEW: Maxxen’s Ruben Valiente on his BESS factory, Hithium relationship, bankability, and vendor financing
Following a tour of Maxxen Energy’s utility-scale BESS factory, ESS News spoke with Ruben Valiente, managing director of Maxxen, about its relationship with Hithium, the work to establish a new supplier in the BESS market, vendor financing, how logistics work,…
Anker Solix announces S5000 power station with 4.5 kW output
Anker Solix has announced its S5000 portable power station, offering 5,024 Wh of storage and 4.5 kW of rated output. The lithium iron phosphate (LFP) system supports both 120 V and 240 V appliances, with battery capacity expandable to 30…
ISEP Launches Multi-tier Carbon Accounting Professional Accreditation System
The Institute of Sustainability & Environmental Professionals (ISEP) announced the launch of a new multi-tier Register of Carbon Accountants and Auditors (RCAA), aimed at providing a professional benchmark for communicating the qualifications and expertise of carbon accounting professionals. According to…
C&I storage the ‘sleeping giant waking up’, says WoodMac
The global energy storage market is entering a new phase of scale and complexity, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest outlook. Cumulative capacity is forecast to grow to over 7 TWh by 2035. Demand growth in 2026 alone is close to…
Pulpex Opens its First Commercial Scale Paper-Based Bottle Manufacturing Plant
Sustainable packaging technology company Pulpex announced that it has opened its first commercial-scale fiber bottle manufacturing plant near Glasgow, Scotland, aimed at scaling production of its paper-based alternatives to conventional plastic and glass packaging. Launched in 2020, UK-based Pulpex was…
We Need to Embed Ethics Into Our Engineering Courses
In mid-September, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei joined a growing group of researchers calling for the AI industry to slow down. While some have questioned these researchers’ motivation for voicing concerns about the rapid pace of development, the plea highlighted a…