India’s BESS ambition: From import dependence to manufacturing scale
Debmalya Sen, president of the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), on a dynamic market landscape of tenders, tariffs and the race to build a domestic battery storage ecosystem.
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Battery storage paired with 37% of new US residential solar in 2025
More than one-third of new residential solar installations in the United States included battery storage in 2025, as batteries increasingly shift from an optional addition to a standard component of rooftop solar projects. Battery storage was paired with 37% of…
SMA secures first German certification for grid-forming BESS
SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) has secured the first certification under Germany’s VDE FNN guideline for grid-forming capabilities, including the provision of inertia. The certification applies to SMA’s Sunny Central Storage UP-S battery inverter platform. The certification covers grid-forming technology…
ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESG news: UK’s FCA moves from mandatory to comply-or-explain for sustainability and climate reporting; EY launches framework to quantify financial impact of sustainability risks and opportunities; New EU anti-greenwashing rules enter into force; ISO’s proposed net zero…
Smart Car Researcher Wants to Eliminate Stoplights
Christos Cassandras has spent more than 40 years studying how computers and machines make decisions. Lately, his work has focused on a problem nearly every driver knows well: sitting at a red light with no cross traffic in sight, wondering…
Japan curbs grid capacity hoarding as battery queue hits 172 GW
Japan now requires generators, including battery developers, to prove rights to their sites to keep a grid connection, as regulators move to curb capacity hoarding in a battery queue that far outruns the less than 1 GW of grid-scale storage…
Algebris Acquires Renewable Energy Advisory Firm Vector Renewables
UK-based asset manager Algebris Investments announced the acquisition of Spanish renewable energy advisory and asset manager firm Vector Renewables from renewable power producer Nadara. The acquisition was made through its Algebris Green Transition Fund, launched by the firm in 2022,…
Hebei Juhang and Kohinoor Energy plan battery manufacturing plant in Pakistan
Hebei Juhang Energy Technology Group has signed an MoU for a joint venture battery facility in Pakistan, with an initial capacity of 50 MWh to 100 MWh, expandable to 1 GWh subject to market demand. Islamabad-based Kohinoor Energy Limited informed…
NOX Raises €3 Million to Connect Home Clean Energy Devices to the Grid
Residential energy management software startup NOX Energy announced that it has raised €3 million (USD$3.4 million) in a seed funding round, with proceeds aimed at scaling the company’s smart energy management software connecting home clean energy devices to the grid…
ACME Solar commissions 107 MW/437 MWh of BESS in India
ACME Solar Holdings Ltd (ACME Solar) has commissioned an additional 107.36 MW MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity across two projects in Rajasthan. The capacity, commissioned through subsidiaries of ACME Solar, takes the company’s total operational BESS capacity…