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Why India’s Rooftop Solar Won’t Buy Batteries

Why India’s Rooftop Solar Won’t Buy Batteries

Nov 2, 2026 | Home Electrification, Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Solar

India’s rooftop solar reached 30.7 GW in July 2026, and almost none of it stores a single kilowatt-hour. A new analysis from the think tank Ember shows why: under the net-metering rules that power the boom, a home battery takes about nine years to pay for itself...
How to Size a Home Battery That Actually Pays

How to Size a Home Battery That Actually Pays

Aug 25, 2026 | Battery Technology, Home Electrification, Renewable Energy

The right size for a home battery is the amount of electricity you can actually shift from an expensive hour to a cheap one, or store through an outage — not the number on the installer’s quote. For most American homes in 2026 that is a smaller battery than the...
Australia’s Home Batteries Hit 500,000 as US Credit Ends

Australia’s Home Batteries Hit 500,000 as US Credit Ends

Aug 19, 2026 | Home Electrification, Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy

Australia has installed more than 507,000 subsidised home batteries in the thirteen months since it switched on a national rebate, crossing half a million in mid-August 2026 and parking roughly 14 GWh of storage behind household meters. The United States spent the...
The BrightVolt Take: Buy Solar, Get 0%. Lease It, Get 40%

The BrightVolt Take: Buy Solar, Get 0%. Lease It, Get 40%

Aug 18, 2026 | Home Electrification, Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy

In 2026 a US household that buys rooftop solar outright collects no federal tax credit. One that leases the same panels collects 30% — or 40% with a domestic-content bonus — because the leasing company claims a commercial credit Congress left standing. The residential...
The BrightVolt Take: Utilities Want Your Home Battery Now

The BrightVolt Take: Utilities Want Your Home Battery Now

Aug 14, 2026 | Home Electrification, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids

Green Mountain Power spent this July doing something no utility did a decade ago: it dispatched 90 MW of home batteries during a heat wave, avoided the most expensive hour on the wholesale market, and saved every customer on its system $6 million — not just the ones...