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Wärtsilä will place its storage business inside a joint venture. The RCT Solutions deal gives the BESS integrator a new structure as utility-scale storage faces tighter margins, deeper software requirements, and more demanding delivery expectations.
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TECH-X sponsorship points to lighting’s wider technical agenda for 2026. The LIA event will bring standards, connected lighting, sustainability, and design into one Birmingham conference.
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Allume’s SolShare update expands shared solar options for flats nationwide. The new system increases capacity, adds battery integration, and is set for UK installer availability from August 2026.
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UK grid research keeps overhead transmission firmly in national contention. Government-commissioned studies found undergrounding remains significantly more expensive than overhead lines for major electricity network upgrades.
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Weihenstephan’s electric depot links fleet charging with on-site storage control. The brewery has installed fast chargers, modular batteries, rooftop solar, and energy management for electric truck operations.
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Germany’s grey co-location project links batteries with market optimisation models. Entrix will optimise a solar-plus-storage asset where the battery can charge from both PV and the grid.
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Germany’s DC-coupled pilot tackles solar storage connection constraints head-on directly. Sigenergy, EnBW, and ZSW are testing whether DC architecture can reduce hardware needs and improve solar-plus-storage economics.
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Czech pumped-storage plans revive hydro’s role in grid flexibility nationally. ČEZ will convert part of the Orlík hydropower complex into reversible pumped storage while modernising existing turbine units.
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Romania’s compressed-air project revives focus on long-duration electricity grid storage. Airengy and Hagag Europe are targeting salt-cavern storage as Europe searches for alternatives to short-duration lithium systems.
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Hungary’s largest battery project moves grid flexibility forward across Europe. Greenvolt’s Buj system adds nearly 289MWh of storage capacity to a market scaling fast from a low operational base.