Sungrow launches next-gen hybrid residential energy storage system
Sungrow Power has revealed its newest hybrid next-gen residential energy storage system, with upgrades to its MG Series inverters and a battery solution to be launched in Q42025.
Spanish parliament rejects grid reform law proposed after April blackout
Spain’s parliament has rejected a legislative package aimed at reinforcing the grid and scaling up battery energy storage following the 28 April 2025 blackout.
Victorian ‘grid-forming’ battery now fully operational
The 185 MW / 370 MWh Koorangie battery energy storage project in northwest Victoria has reached a major milestone with developer Edify Energy confirming the system, featuring grid-forming inverters, is now fully operational.
NEM connections pipeline grows to 53 GW
Australia’s energy transition is gaining “real measurable momentum” with the market operator reporting a record wave of new solar, wind, and energy storage projects are progressing through the grid connection process, at a larger scale than ever before.
Consumer energy resources get top priority in AEMO’s FY2026 plan
AEMO will prioritise consumer energy resources integration over the coming financial year, and is part of 29 actions being prioritised for the energy transition as outlined in its Engineering Roadmap FY2026 Priority Actions report.
Envision Energy unlocks 1.5 GWh energy storage potential with new partnership
Envision Energy and FERA Australia have signed an agreement to collaborate on the delivery of large-scale hybrid renewable energy projects across Australia’s national electricity market (NEM), with the potential to deliver up to 1.5 GWh of battery energy storage.
Grid-forming batteries and multiple SynCon to underpin NSW transition
Transgrid has chosen grid-forming batteries and synchronous condensors as its preferred system strength technologies, as coal generators retire over the next decade and renewable energy supplies the state.
Wireless electric vehicle charging tests improve efficiency by 88%
Scientists in India have simulated and tested a prototype wireless charging system for electric vehicles, with a three-port DC–DC converter at its core and have found it achieved an improved efficiency of 88%.
AEMO forecasts increased solar curtailment in NEM
New large-scale solar farms in Australia’s southeast could be forced to curtail up to two thirds of their power generation by 2027 due to delays in energy transmission infrastructure projects, according to new analysis from the Australian Energy Market Operator.
No case to prosecute AusNet over Victorian transmission tower collapse
Energy Safe Victoria has found there is no case to prosecute AusNet Transmission for the collapse of six transmission towers in Anakie, north of Geelong, Victoria during an extreme storm event in February 2024.
