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Behind the Meter vs Front of Meter: What the Split Means
Which side of the meter a battery sits on decides who owns it, who dispatches it and who gets paid. In 2025 the US installed 16 GW of front-of-meter storage and 2.7 GW behind it.
US-Made LFP Batteries Arrive as the Subsidies Vanish
LG Energy Solution just started a $2 billion Michigan plant, anchoring more than 50 GWh of US-made LFP capacity by year’s end — the grid-battery chemistry America had left almost entirely to China.
The BrightVolt Take: The Grid Doesn’t Need Spinning Steel
Germany pays batteries to provide grid inertia and China just switched on 4 GWh of it. Britain’s stability auction gave batteries none of 7.3 GVA. The barrier isn’t physics — it’s the rulebook.
Australia’s Home Batteries Hit 500,000 as US Credit Ends
Australia has installed 507,000 subsidised home batteries in 13 months, adding 14 GWh of storage, just as the US lets its 30% federal battery credit expire and its market turns down.
The BrightVolt Take: Buy Solar, Get 0%. Lease It, Get 40%
Washington ended the 30% tax credit for homeowners who buy rooftop solar, but kept it, up to 40%, for anyone who leases. Analysts now expect two-thirds of US home solar to be third-party owned.
Long-Duration Storage Found Its Buyer: AI Data Centers
Noon Energy and Sabanci just signed to build 1 GW of 100-hour storage for AI data centers. The multi-day battery utilities would not buy has finally found a customer that will.
The BrightVolt Take: The Transformer Is the Real Bottleneck
The US imports 82% of its large power transformers and makes their core steel in one plant. With lead times near three years, the grid’s real bottleneck is a grey box, not the generation mix.
Amflow’s 2026 E-MTBs: Every Headline Number, Translated
150 Nm, 1,500 W, 144 km and a £3,999 carbon enduro bike. All real, all narrower than they sound — the peak torque lasts 60 seconds and the range figure implies the motor contributing 73 watts.
The Motor Ate the Gearbox: How eCVT E-Bike Drives Work
Two Eurobike drives put the gearbox inside the motor and use electricity instead of cogs to change ratio. It is the hybrid car’s power-split transmission, shrunk — and on an e-bike the efficiency it costs is worth about eight kilometres.
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