Tristan Rayner
Pila Energy emerges to offer residential batteries, but sexy
Pila Energy is offering a slim, sleek home battery that doesn’t need approvals or permits and works in coordination. What’s the catch?
Volta 2025 battery report shows falling costs driving global BESS growth
The Volta Foundation’s 2025 Battery Report finds battery energy storage system (BESS) deployments exceeded 100 GW for the first time, as turnkey system costs fell sharply and long-duration storage and service agreements continued to evolve.
Jackery releases 2 kW solar gazebo
Jackery continues to expand its product range beyond storage with a new 2 kW solar gazebo designed for creating outdoor space, starting with US availability in 2026.
Turkey switches on first major solar-plus-storage project
Oze Grup’s Sivrihisar project pairs a 49.2 MW solar plant with 34.1 MWh of battery storage, marking Turkey’s first grid-connected hybrid facility approved under the sustainable finance framework (DGES).
Enphase on how distributed energy assets could boost data centers
With data center demand rising and residential batteries evolving from backup power to grid assets, Marco Krapels, SVP and chief marketing officer at Enphase Energy, says the industry must shift from “save with solar” to “get Enphase, get paid.”
Poland draft grid law could slow solar and storage investment, warns industry
The Polish Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Association (PSFiME) says proposed changes to Poland’s energy law could impose high upfront costs on developers, raising market entry barriers and unfairly favouring large, well-capitalized players.
Anker Solix launches new E10 whole home backup system in US, offers ‘one-stop’ service to bypass installers
Hybrid solution combines battery, solar, and a new DC generator to power the energy system, as it goes direct to consumers. Plus, full pricing and availability.
CATL confirms significant upgrade to sodium-ion battery product range and scale into 2026
CATL announced it expects a new trend of “sodium and lithium batteries shining brightly together.”
Massachusetts awards 1.3 GW in first large-scale energy storage tender
The US state of Massachusetts has selected four battery projects totaling 1.3 GW under its first major procurement round to meet a statutory target of 5 GW of energy storage by 2030.
BYD surpasses 1.5 million residential storage systems worldwide
BYD says global installations of its BatteryBox residential energy storage systems have increased by 500,000 since June 2024, lifting the total past 1.5 million worldwide.
