Throughout her career, roboticist Barbara Mazzolai has turned to nature for inspiration. Now she wants to ensure the technology she builds gives back to the environment, too. After starting her career as a biologist, a chance opportunity saw Mazzolai switch…
Chinese smart-home brand Mova has launched its LumeGret A4000 residential battery system in the UK at Solar & Storage Live UK 2026. The LumeGret A2000 and A4000 represented Mova’s first steps in the residential energy storage earlier this year, expanding…
The European Commission announced the release of a proposed regulation to establish a new rating scheme and a related sustainability label for data centers, providing information including energy efficiency, water use, energy sourcing and contribution to grid flexibility. Under the…
Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) has published two single authorization decrees for a pair of 55 MW battery energy storage systems (BESS), totaling 110 MW, both located in the municipality of Ittiri in Sardinia. The authorizations were…
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Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced that it has led a €49 million (USD$56 million) Series E financing round for Australian residential energy solutions provider Amber Electric, with proceeds aimed at supporting the international expansion of the company’s battery automation…
Nearly 21GWh of grid-scale BESS came online globally last month, of which around a fifth was in Saudi Arabia while the majority was in China.
Residential battery energy storage systems (BESS) across California discharged more than 580MW of peak power to the state’s grid on the evening of 9 September 2026 via a Tesla-Sunrun VPP.
Utility PG&E has selected six new California microgrid projects for a US$30 million investment, while Massachusetts’ Department of Energy Resources is awarding US$40 million across 36 BESS projects.
RWE has taken a final investment decision (FID) on 400MW BESS in the Netherlands with construction to start in due course, while Giga Storage has started building its 2.8GWh Green Turtle project in Belgium.