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  1. Can a home battery pay off without solar? A standalone unit charges from the grid at cheap off-peak rates — but we ran the numbers on $13,500, and the answer is narrower than the marketing suggests.
    joulepost.com/home-battery-wit
    #BatteryStorage #EnergyStorage #CleanEnergy

  2. Italy’s negative prices highlight battery storage opportunity

    Negative electricity prices were recorded in several Italian market zones for the first time on Oct. 14, as…
    #Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #batterystorage #bess
    europesays.com/italy/57745/

  3. One Bad Battery Cell Can Raise Big Questions 🔋

    Battery performance depends on more than headline capacity. This featured investigation looks at diagnosing a potentially faulty lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cell and checking whether the cell itself is really the problem.

    Link to story - greentech-news.org/one-bad-lfp

    #BatteryStorage #SolarEnergy #EnergyTechnology

  4. EU Innovation Fund Backs HoloSolis’ 5 GW Solar Factory

    HoloSolis, which is developing a 5 GW solar PV manufacturing factory in France, is among the 77 net-zero…
    #Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #batterystorage #Cleantechmanufacturing #EUInnovationFund #HoloSolis
    europesays.com/europe/163738/

  5. KINGSWAY: Roof off, sound still on. The Bunkhouse’s leaking roofs are fixed and the solar panels are up

    Three leaking flat roofs at The Bunkhouse have been repaired and solar panels fitted, and the venue says the gigs never stopped while the work went on.

    During the work, banners on the scaffolding over the Kingsway frontage read “Roof off, sound still on” and “Still open. Still loud”.

    Roofs designed to hold back rainwater and give wildlife a home, known as biodiverse green roofs, have gone on too, with battery storage planned, according to Music Venue Trust.

    The venue has been community-owned since August 2024, when Music Venue Properties bought the building after raising money through a public share offer. A plaque from the new owners and Swansea Council, dated 30 August 2024, marks the move.

    One of the flat roofs at The Bunkhouse before the work, mossy and holding water. (Image: Bridgman & Bridgman)

    Jordan McGuire: ‘We’ve never stopped doing what The Bunkhouse exists to do’

    Jordan McGuire, who runs The Bunkhouse, said: “The last couple of years have been incredibly difficult. We’ve dealt with some horrendous storms, ongoing water ingress, major building works, rising operating costs and the constant financial pressures that come with running an independent venue.

    “The roof in particular has been a massive undertaking. What started as an already serious problem became something much bigger and getting to where we are now has taken an awful lot of work.

    “It’s been a genuine collaboration between ourselves and MVP, working closely with Swansea Council, MVT, Welsh Government and others to get the investment and support needed.

    “We’ve now got major roof improvements, a new solar installation and a building that’s being given the attention it desperately needed for years.

    “What I’m particularly proud of is that throughout all of this, we’ve never stopped doing what The Bunkhouse exists to do. We’ve continued building a music community in Swansea that we’re incredibly proud of.”

    The new roof: rows of solar panels on a bed of crushed shells that forms the green roof. (Image: Bridgman & Bridgman)

    Who paid for the Kingsway venue’s new roofs and solar panels

    Swansea Council says it helped secure Welsh Government support for the venue through programmes including Transforming Towns and Green Infrastructure. Neither the council nor Music Venue Trust has said how much the work cost.

    The Bunkhouse has also had help from Music Venue Trust’s Off The Grid programme. “Through Off The Grid, Music Venue Trust is focused on practical interventions that can reduce energy costs and make venues more sustainable and resilient for the long term,” said the charity’s chief executive, Mark Davyd.

    Cllr Elliott King, the council’s cabinet member for culture, human rights and equalities, said: “Grassroots music venues play an important role in Swansea’s cultural life, helping local artists develop their talents while attracting visitors into the city centre.”

    Fran Rolfe, a green infrastructure specialist at Natural Resources Wales, said: “The improvements at The Bunkhouse, including the biodiverse green roofs, will help manage the effects of heavier rainfall, support urban wildlife and make better use of renewable energy.”

    Matthew Otridge, chief operating officer of Music Venue Properties, said: “Community ownership has given us the opportunity to secure The Bunkhouse for the long term, and the support we’re now receiving from Swansea Council, Welsh Government and Music Venue Trust is helping us invest in the building and make it more sustainable and resilient.”

    The plaque marking the move into community ownership on 30 August 2024. (Image: stay.focused.photography / Lloyd Stranaghan)

    Music Venue Properties: how a public share offer put The Bunkhouse in community hands

    Music Venue Trust set up Music Venue Properties to buy grassroots music venues, keep them as cultural sites and take them out of commercial ownership, the charity says. It is owned by its members, the people who buy shares in it, and is run for the benefit of the community rather than for profit, which makes it what is known as a community benefit society.

    Its first share offer, launched in 2022, raised more than £2.8m from more than 1,300 individual investors, the society says. Along with other funding, that bought five venues: The Bunkhouse, Le Pub in Newport, The Snug in Atherton, The Ferret in Preston and The Booking Hall in Dover.

    A second share offer opened in May 2025 and has raised more than £1.5m so far, it says, helping take the number of venues it owns to ten. In all, the society says it has raised around £7m through crowdfunding and other fundraising, with more than 2,500 investors backing its Own Our Venues campaign and share offers.

    King Goon on stage at The Bunkhouse. (Image: stay.focused.photography / Lloyd Stranaghan)

    In December 2024 The Bunkhouse was one of 11 music businesses across Wales to share £400,000 from Creative Wales’ Music Revenue Fund, for a scheme training 16 to 25-year-olds in live music skills. Last month the council’s own culture strategy warned that the city’s grassroots venues are “particularly exposed” to rising costs, changing habits and shrinking national support.

    Related stories from Swansea Bay News

    SWANSEA: Twelve bands, two days and a new roof as Amplitude takes over the amphitheatre
    The free grassroots weekend that ended with a gig at The Bunkhouse.

    SINGLETON LIVE: Big-name concerts return to Singleton Park in 2027, and every act promised as a Wales exclusive
    With a cut of the fees promised to the city’s grassroots venues.

    Swansea’s Hanbury pub set for Kingsway makeover as regeneration gathers pace
    A new look for another Kingsway live music venue.

    #batteryStorage #Bunkhouse #CllrElliottKing #grassrootsMusic #greenRoof #Kingsway #musicVenue #MusicVenueTrust #NaturalResourcesWales #Solar #SwanseaCityCentre #SwanseaCouncil #TransformingTowns #WelshGovernment
  6. Enerven just won the balance-of-plant contract for Queensland's 400 MW / 1,600 MWh Teebar battery — four hours of storage to firm up Australia's sun-soaked grid. joulepost.com/enerven-teebar-b #BatteryStorage #EnergyStorage #Australia #CleanEnergy

  7. South Korea moves to cut BESS permitting times by up to three months

    South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment has issued guidelines for classifying outdoor energy storage systems (ESS)…
    #EuropeSays #Korea #KR #BatteryStorage #BESS
    europesays.com/korea/194242/

  8. Italy raises battery derating factors for 2028 capacity market

    Italy’s Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment (ARERA) has approved the second set of Technical Operating Provisions…
    #Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #batterystorage #bess
    europesays.com/italy/56591/

  9. Wood Mackenzie: battery storage now undercuts gas peaker plants in all 43 markets tracked. The peaker-plant era is over — the crossover chart doesn't lie.
    joulepost.com/battery-storage-
    #BatteryStorage #EnergyTransition #Renewables

  10. QuantumScape's new PowerBlock solid-state cell promises 4x the power density — enough for 1 MW AI data-center racks. If it scales, the first mass-market use of solid-state batteries may be servers, not cars.
    joulepost.com/quantumscape-qs-
    #BatteryStorage #SolidStateBattery #DataCenter #EnergyTransition

  11. Saft is supplying 122 MWh of battery storage for two Axpo projects in France — the companies' first collaboration as France's storage market takes off.

    wp.joulepost.com/saft-axpo-122

    #BatteryStorage #EnergyStorage #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition

  12. DTEK продає Actis два польські проєкти зберігання енергії на 244 МВт

    Енергетична група DTEK через європейську девелоперську структуру DRI уклала угоду з інвестиційною компанією Actis про продаж двох проєктів систем зберігання енергії накопичувачами у Польщі сукупною потужністю 244 МВт та ємністю 1 141 МВт·год. Проєкт у Козеницях (112 МВт, 518 МВт·год) уже готовий до будівництва і придбаний покупцем, тоді як продаж проєкту у Тшебіні (132 МВт, 623 МВт·год) узгоджено з закриттям після введення в експлуатацію. Фінансові умови не розкриваються. Обидва проєкти мають 17-річні контракти на ринку потужності Польщі, виграні у 2022 році, з виплатами з 2027 року та індексацією на інфляцію. Actis з жовтня 2024 року входить до інвестиційної платформи General Atlantic; паралельно DTEK розвиває зберігання енергії в Україні — у вересні 2025 року разом із Fluence введено 200 МВт потужностей за €125 млн.

    #енергетика #інвестиції #зберіганняенергії #угоди #Польща #енергоринок #DTEK #Actis #BESS #energy #MnA #batterystorage #Poland #infrastructure

  13. Dutch regulator flags EU cyber gap for cloud-controlled home batteries

    The Netherlands’ digital infrastructure inspectorate, the Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur, says a faulty update or cyberattack on manufacturer and…
    #Europe #EU #batterystorage #BESS #EuropeanUnion
    europesays.com/europe/160541/

  14. Italy needs 50 GWh of new storage as solar nears 82 GW by 2030

    Italy’s installed solar capacity is expected to rise from 43.5 GW at the end of 2025 to 82.3…
    #Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #batterystorage #bess
    europesays.com/italy/55977/

  15. Home battery cost 2026: Tesla Powerwall vs competitors — installed prices, what drives them, and whether the math works for homeowners. joulepost.com/home-battery-cos #BatteryStorage #EnergyTransition

  16. Fluence to supply 1 GWh battery for Vattenfall in Germany

    Vattenfall has signed a contract with battery storage supplier Fluence for a four-hour battery energy storage system (BESS)…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #batterystorage #BESS
    europesays.com/germany/110098/

  17. Canada Is Missing A Massive Battery Storage Opportunity

    Katye Altieri says battery deployment is outpacing government plans as falling costs strengthen the case for solar, storage…
    #Canada #batterystorage #china #electricitygrids #electrification #Ember #energysecurity #EnergyStorage #EuropeanUnion #KatyeAltieri #lithium-ionbatteries #solarpower
    europesays.com/canada/250940/

  18. Siemens leads ‘9-figure’ investment into Skeleton Technologies for AIDC power solutions

    Skeleton Technologies has secured a strategic investment led by Siemens that values the Estonian ultracapacitor and battery maker…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Siemens #batterystorage #BESS #siemens
    europesays.com/germany/109663/

  19. Italy’s battery storage market slows as utility-scale segment grows 197%

    Italy’s battery energy storage system (BESS) market is going through a slowdown, with residential installations declining, the C&I…
    #Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #batterystorage
    europesays.com/italy/55235/

  20. How Grid Batteries Work: The Tech Storing Sunshine for After Dark

    Grid-scale batteries bank solar power by day and release it after dark — here's the tech making round-the-clock clean energy possible.

    joulepost.com/battery-energy-s

    #BatteryStorage #SolarEnergy #CleanEnergy

  21. Poland opens a PLN 1 billion (~$258M) home battery and heat-storage subsidy on October 20, covering up to 30% of costs. joulepost.com/poland-home-batt #BatteryStorage #EnergyPolicy

  22. Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines used at many data centers

    Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines as the data center boom pushes prices up.

    justpaste.in/news/batteries-ar

    #batterystorage #energystorage #naturalgas #Climate #turbines

  23. Battery Storage Beats Gas Peakers. Is Canada Backing the Wrong Horse?

    According to a new report from consulting giant Wood Mackenzie, battery storage is now cheaper than gas peaker…
    #NewsBeep #News #Canada #batterystorage #CA #ElectricVehicles #electrification #energytransition #heatpumps #WoodMackenzie
    newsbeep.com/ca/928096/

  24. Italy authorizes five BESS projects totaling 468 MW

    Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) has authorized five battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totaling…
    #Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #batterystorage
    europesays.com/italy/54415/

  25. Why haven't anyone told me about the noise of battery storages?
    It's like my tinnitus in 50db.
    #batterystorage #energy

  26. In Germany, private investors can now buy an individual battery unit in Voltfang and Mangold.energy’s planned Alsdorf West storage park.

    Specialists trade the electricity (buying low, selling high) and provide grid balancing services. Each unit requires a low six-figure investment. Already 30% sold, with commissioning in 2027.

    movetheneedle.news/brands/priv

    #BatteryStorage #EnergyTransition #Germany #investment #batteries #batterystorage #technology #innovation

  27. Fuck's sake, I'm an #OctopusEnergy customer and they say you can sign up to their export tariffs even if they didn't install your solar kit, but attempting to do so fails because "Your export meter point isn't currently supplied by Octopus."

    I'm doing OK just having solar and batteries on a standard tariff because my grid usage has gone down by 90%, but that won't last though winter and I'd like to start importing cheap electricity at night and spending it during the day.

    But this is the point where all this "smart" home tech gets complicated. #Octopus Flux is a nice simple Time of Use tariff I can get behind, but (a) I can't switch to it and (b) trying to get my #SigEnergy app to understand it is a pain - it just wants me to YOLO via its "AI" rather than set targets by hand. And I'm a massive nerd, I hate to think how e.g. my Mum deals with this.

    #GreenEnergy #SolarPower #BatteryStorage

  28. 'In 2023, historic heatwaves stretched the state’s energy infrastructure to its limit, setting grid records. That summer, ERCOT issued nearly a dozen warnings asking Texans to conserve electricity...In 2026, none of that happened. Not a single conservation request was issued, and energy reserves comfortably exceeded demand'

    #solar #renewableEnergy #batteryStorage

    houstonchronicle.com/business/

  29. Bulgaria’s battery storage boom pays off as a summer drought hits power plants.

    Low administrative hurdles, a receptive market for clean energy and EU funding are among the reasons expert cite for the country’s leading green energy role in the region.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260924

    #Energy #BatteryStorage #WindEnergy #Bulgaria #SolarEnergy #GreenEnergy #RenewableEnergy

  30. The US is funding a big battery project to help Puerto Rico's electric grid, though solar energy isn't seeing the same support. #batterystorage

    canarymedia.com/articles/batte

  31. California Maintains Grid Reliability Without Rolling Blackouts Since 2020 Through Battery Storage Expansion

    📰 Original title: No Rolling Power Outages for California Since 2020

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

    👇👇👇 en.killbait.com/california-mai

    #technology #batterystorage...

  32. India Surpasses 300 GW of Non-Fossil Power Capacity

    India is comfortably on track to meet its goal to have 500 gigawatts (GW) of non-fossil-fuel power capacity…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #batterystorage #CleanEnergy #electricity #energytransition #India #non-fossilfuels #powergrid #RENEWABLEENERGY #Science #solarpower #windpower
    newsbeep.com/au/871490/

  33. "what makes the clean power pilot (CPP) scheme that is driving this weekend’s festival different is that it is backed with regional public money and political will."

    ‘No precedent’: Lorde and Little Simz to star at world-first festival run on clean power | Festivals | The Guardian

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/a

    #renewables #BatteryStorage

  34. Ratul Puri, Chairman of Hindustan Power, highlights why the future of India’s solar energy transition will depend not only on adding clean generation, but also on the ability to store and deliver it when demand peaks.

    #RatulPuri #HindustanPower #BatteryStorage #SolarEnergy #RenewableEnergy #EnergyStorage

  35. Battery storage capacity is on track to grow six times over by 2030, with the US and China playing a big part. #batterystorage

    pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/07/27

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