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Technology & Products
Fox ESS launches modular C&I battery system scalable to 96 MWh Fox ESS’s Power Beast pairs a 125 kW hybrid inverter with stackable lithium iron phosphate battery modules for commercial and industrial users, as the Chinese company awaits approval for a Shenzhen stock listing.
Brian Publicover
Oct 04, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Shared grid connections concentrate battery insurance risk Specialist insurance and risk management solutions provider Tokio Marine GX sees exposures of up to billions of dollars building up at co-located battery energy storage system sites, and says lenders are only beginning to require cyber cover.
Brian Publicover
Oct 04, 2026
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Batteriespeicher, Container, Trina Storage, Element Electra
Technology & Products
Trina Storage to supply BESS for West Australia solar-battery hybrid Frontier Energy has selected Trina Storage to supply the battery energy storage system (BESS) for the first stage of its Waroona Renewable Energy Project in Western Australia, a 132 MW solar-plus-storage hybrid.
Brian Publicover
Sep 15, 2026
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Markets & Policy
RSK Group acquires Australian planning consultancy Cogency RSK Group’s acquisition of Cogency, a planning and approvals consultancy, brings expertise drawn from work on several major Australian battery storage and solar projects into its portfolio.
Brian Publicover
Sep 14, 2026
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Technology & Products
Trina Storage, AMP-lify to supply 1 GWh of battery storage in Japan Trina Storage, the energy storage unit of China’s Trinasolar, is deepening its push into Japan’s grid-scale battery market through a new supply agreement with developer AMP-lify.
Brian Publicover
Sep 14, 2026
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Markets & Policy
World’s battery storage capacity to grow sixfold by 2030, says GlobalData Global battery energy storage installed capacity will soar between 2025 and 2030, according to GlobalData, driven by rising demand from electrification, industry and data centers, alongside falling lithium-ion costs and stronger supply chains.
Brian Publicover, David Carroll
Jul 28, 2026
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Technology & Products
Silver drives PV recycling economics as module waste wave approaches With Australia and Europe facing a significant wave of end-of-life solar panels, researchers point to silver recovery as the most important lever for improving unit economics, but technical barriers and the absence of industry-wide purity standards are slowing progress.
Brian Publicover
Jun 16, 2026
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Technology & Products
AI platforms split on how far to push solar O&M automation Automation in solar O&M is breaking into distinct approaches over how far machines should move from analysis into execution, with AI platforms drawing different lines around human control.
Brian Publicover
Jun 02, 2026
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Applications & Installations
South Korea’s first agrivoltaics law leaves half of farmland off-limits South Korea’s National Assembly has passed the country’s first dedicated agrivoltaics legislation, enabling dual use of agricultural land for solar power generation, but the law excludes zones covering nearly half of the country’s farmland, according to a Seoul-based nonprofit group focused on energy transition.
Brian Publicover
May 14, 2026