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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator says Q2 2026 delivered 1 GW of rooftop solar, 1.8 GW of large-scale solar reaching FID and more than 500,000 battery program applications.
Read update →AEMO’s 2026 ESOO reports no forecast reliability gaps before 2030 in its outlook while NEM data-centre electricity consumption rises from about 5 TWh to 34 TWh by 2035–36.
Read update →Brazil’s EPE reports 6,091 battery-storage projects totaling 296,807 MW registered for the 2026 capacity reserve auctions focused on energy storage.
Read update →India’s MNRE listed an August 2026 compliance notice covering inverter-level generation data and storage of inverter-level data for rooftop solar systems.
Read update →India’s MNRE current notices list the ninth revision of ALMM List-II for solar PV cells dated 21 August 2026.
Read update →The European Commission says Europe’s electricity system remained stable during August heat and drought, with high solar easing midday prices while storage remained critical for evening peaks.
Read update →From 27 August 2026, plug-in solar panels are legal to buy and use across Great Britain; government says kits can produce up to 800 W and estimates up to £110 annual savings.
Read update →EIA reports 43.6 GW operating at end-2025 plus 8.3 GW added in the first half of 2026, bringing U.S. utility-scale battery storage to nearly 52 GW.
Read update →Natural Resources Canada announced nearly C$10 million through SREPs to modernize Red Deer’s electricity system, including advanced metering infrastructure.
Read update →DESNZ says nearly 172,000 solar installations were fitted across the UK from the start of 2026 through late August, with rooftop systems accounting for more than seven in ten July installations.
Read update →MITECO’s RENOINN 2 award covers 524 projects with storage in every case, totalling 1,225.66 MW of generation and 2,320.72 MWh of storage capacity in the awarded portfolio.
Read update →The Electricity Authority’s April–June 2026 report highlights proposed BESS market changes, network connection-pricing reform and new consumer information including a solar installations map.
Read update →Eskom says its year-to-date Energy Availability Factor reached 67.55% by mid-August 2026, its strongest level in six years, while unplanned outages fell year on year.
Read update →Bundesnetzagentur published the current MiSpeL working state on 5 August 2026 to give the market early visibility into storage and charging-point integration options.
Read update →CRE’s current tender page shows the second application period for mainland French PV installations above 100 kWc and below 500 kWc closed on 31 July 2026 after opening on 20 July.
Read update →Australia’s August 2026 CER interoperability report maps 18 initial minimum requirements to technical standards for future solar inverters, home batteries and EV charging equipment; existing installed devices are not required to be retrofitted.
Read update →UK government data published on 27 August says nearly 172,000 solar installations have been fitted since the start of 2026, with rooftop solar accounting for more than seven in ten July installations.
Read update →The UK launched an Ultra-Long Duration Energy Storage Challenge on 20 August 2026, offering £28 million to support technologies designed to store clean energy for more than 100 hours.
Read update →The European Commission published updated Digital Battery Passport guidance covering 71 data points by battery category. The passport becomes mandatory from 18 February 2027 for relevant EV, LMT and industrial batteries over 2 kWh.
Read update →The U.S. Energy Information Administration says operational battery-storage capacity reached nearly 52 GW after 8.3 GW was added in the first half of 2026.
Read update →Australia's Clean Energy Regulator says proposed SRES changes would let 100 kW to 1 MW onsite solar create STCs for systems installed from 1 October 2026, subject to regulations.
Read update →India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy published an August 2026 compliance notice concerning inverter-level generation data and storage of inverter-level data for rooftop solar systems.
Read update →ANEEL opened public-hearing work on Brazil’s first large-scale standalone battery reserve-capacity auctions, with the two auctions planned for 2 and 4 December 2026.
Read update →Natural Resources Canada reports that, as of 30 June 2026, SREPs had 127 approved deployment projects, with 1,214 MW of energy-storage capacity planned and 342 MW installed.
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