A 50 kWp solar microgrid with 165 kWh of battery storage is replacing unreliable diesel generation at a remote community in Brazil’s Amazonas state, enabling local acaí processing and income generation. A solar-plus-storage microgrid is enabling a remote community in…
Abu Dhabi-based energy company Masdar and German infrastructure asset manager Luxcara have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a strategic partnership focused on battery energy storage and offshore wind projects in Germany. The agreement was announced during the United…
Bluetti launched its latest energy storage solutions at IFA, further expanding its portable storage solutions, getting both smaller and perhaps covered in concrete dust. Starting with the dust, at the top of the list was Bluetti’s new Pioneer 5000. This…
The Australian state of Western Australia will need 40.5 GW of renewable generation and 125 GWh of energy storage by 2035, according to a new report from independent think tank Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE), which says shared infrastructure is not…
Greek energy company Metlen has agreed to sell the Tamarico II hybrid solar and battery project in Chile’s Atacama region to Copec subsidiary Copec Flux. The project includes 165 MW of PV and 725 MWh of battery storage, with potential…
A research group in China has developed an iron-mediated strategy to improve the stability and energy density of sodium-ion batteries. The researchers incorporated iron into a sodium-deficient manganese-magnesium-iron layered oxide (Na₂/₃Mn₇/₁₂Mg₁/₄Fe₁/₆O₂, or NMMF) cathode, making its lattice-oxygen reactions more reversible…
Italy’s newly installed battery storage capacity fell 58% year on year over the past 12 months, with the decline accelerating in the second quarter. However, upcoming capacity auctions could still bring an additional 24 GWh of storage online by 2030.…
Horizon Technology Finance Corporation and Roth Capital Partners’ joint venture, RoHo Capital Opportunity Fund, has extended a $20 million senior credit facility to U.S.-based energy technology company NeoVolta, with the option to increase the facility to $30 million, subject to…
Hamburg-based digital utility Rabot Energy launched its new standalone home battery designed specifically for apartment renters in June 2026, and ESS News had the chance to speak with Konrad Schade, chief operating officer and managing director at the company, about…
Zhero has signed a framework agreement with Tesla Energy, in collaboration with H1 Holdings, for approximately 3 GWh of battery energy storage capacity in Italy. The companies announced the deal to pv magazine. “The framework agreement covers storage projects totaling…