Today’s paper

  1. Australia · 24 Sep 2026

    Victoria's state utility bought into a long battery - and booked half its power for fifteen years for business customers

    Victoria's State Electricity Commission is putting up to AU$43 million into the Baranduda battery near Wodonga and taking 50% of its output for 15 years. The box is 400 MW / 1.86 GWh - about 4.65 hours - aimed at late 2028.

  2. Malaysia · 23 Sep 2026

    Malaysia publishes a fixed grid fee for corporate solar that can deliver for four hours

    PETRA's CRESS Acceleration Package locks a MYR 0.14/kWh system access charge for firm supply and demands 10-year developer-buyer contracts. Firm solar still needs a battery at least half the export size for four hours.

  3. United States · 23 Sep 2026

    Arizona's big utility booked a four-hour battery for twenty years - and the banks closed $220 million behind it

    Goldman-backed GridStor closed $220 million for its White Tank 100 MW / 400 MWh battery in Maricopa County. Arizona Public Service holds a 20-year toll. In-service target: first half of 2027.

Also filed

  1. A German steel mill bought solar - and the right to run the batteries when the plant needs power

    Markets · 22 Sep 2026

  2. Google banked leftover solar in batteries so clean power showed up in the hours it actually used

    United States · 22 Sep 2026

  3. Australia switched on its first eight-hour grid battery. It fills up at noon and runs into the night.

    Australia · 21 Sep 2026

  4. US workplaces bought batteries in bulk last quarter. The install record was not only utilities.

    United States · 21 Sep 2026

  5. Canberra’s small-scale battery discount stops at 100 kWh. NSW’s workplace voucher goes to 30 MWh.

    Australia · 19 Sep 2026

  6. Ireland’s panel grant is not the payment for leftover noon.

    Ireland · 19 Sep 2026

  7. Malaysia closed new applications on the old one-for-one meter. The 2026 workplace path is ATAP.

    Malaysia · 19 Sep 2026

  8. The Australian battery discount is paid in traded paper. Tuesday’s price is not your contract.

    Markets · 19 Sep 2026

  9. Ireland will help pay for workplace solar panels. The battery is a separate bill.

    Ireland · 18 Sep 2026

  10. NSW will knock money off a workplace battery. The published cut is a range. Your quote is a different number.

    Australia · 18 Sep 2026

  11. If the lights are still on after sunset, a battery is how lunchtime sun works the night shift.

    Storage · 15 Sep 2026

  12. Malaysia pays a business a bulk rate for leftover lunchtime sun. That is not the rate on your bill.

    Malaysia · 15 Sep 2026

  13. The Malaysian home rebate tops out at RM3,000. It does not pay for a factory roof.

    Malaysia · 15 Sep 2026