Today is the anniversary of the Great East #Japan Earthquake, tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear incident. I visited a solar farm in one of the worst-hit areas. I will never forget. But unfortunately, my blog for @pv_tech was lost thanks to an IT glitch....

Go for the tech chat, stay for the wine. Or go for the wine and stay for the tech chat. Or just go for the tech chat. It's really up to you.

8th June, another exciting webinar coming up, watch live or register to watch on-demand and to receive presentation slides. Did I say exciting? I meant electrifying, of course.

The downstream arm of vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals and other industry sources have responded to an https://t.co/ISF4UMlPoD  article about flow battery technology’s suitability for a tender in South Africa. #southafrica #ener… https://t.co/MzVPHFlCbF

It’s often considered among the leading US states for energy storage, but to date this reputation #NewYork enjoys has been based more on ambition and favourable policy direction than action. This is expected to change in the next… https://t.co/4tfEPEWQ5T

Latest edition of our excellent downstream solar PV technical journal PV Tech Power is out now, including 'Storage & Smart Power', brought to you by https://t.co/ISF4UMlPoD.

We are hiring for a Section Editor, aka a journalist with some added extras, here at Solar Media. Relevant experience in business-to-business journalism is desirable. Sector experience in energy, particularly renewables, #solarPV and #energystorage is a… https://t.co/lqPX3QTR7Q

Possibly no greater honour for a battery storage journalist than to be reposted by Jim McDowall! Link to Cameron Murray's excellent article below.

Managing your battery energy storage system (BESS) #supplychain is a complex issue with no easy fixes, according to leading developers, system integrators and investors. That was the message from panellists on the ‘Effective Mana… https://t.co/IHJeW9odIr

I'll be attending the Energy Storage Summit EU in London next week. I gather lots of other people are too - so many in fact that the show is now sold out (there is a waiting list though, so do keep trying)! Happy to meet with as many folks as we can duri… https://t.co/XvA8cScJtz

Australia and New York state are two very different places but both are likely to soon see their first government-backed tenders in which grid-scale energy storage can compete. https://t.co/ISF4UMlPoD  spoke with two experts in tho… https://t.co/o4bh6Bbl6m

Battery storage has a big role to play in helping reduce renewable energy curtailment in California but the amount of shedded load will still grow in 2023, an analyst told  https://t.co/ISF4UMlPoD. Grid operator CAISO recently reve… https://t.co/DNPgii5G2k

European Union (EU) reforms of electricity market design should recognise the value of flexibility options like energy storage, according to representatives of Fluence. The EU yesterday opened a public consultation into its planne… https://t.co/LaaDWSdYev

New York’s recently proposed programme to promote the deployment of energy storage has been well-designed to create a robust market in the state for everything from residential to large-scale. That’s the reaction of Dr William ‘Bi… https://t.co/M9bns9Jj9q

Recap of some big pre-Xmas news you may have missed... Australian energy ministers’ recent agreement to launch tenders for a mix of renewable energy and energy storage is a “major breakthrough in federal policy”. That’s the view… https://t.co/RdO8C4AMSA

New to the #energystorage industry, or could do with a catch-up? Don't miss our series of year-end 2022 articles, looking back on a massive year, full of opportunities and challenges alike - and looking ahead to what we can expec… https://t.co/ug0FcOAIIG

I had forgotten just how many great Guest #Blogs we published this year from friends and contacts in the #energystorage industry. Looking back, it really was phenomenal and we look forward to working with you all in 2023!!

Fluence executives said the company is on track to grow its revenues by almost a third on a “multi-year” basis, leading it to break even on an EBITDA basis in 2024. After a period of well-documented headwinds that have affected Fl… https://t.co/2WOLCBmBpH

The Q4 2022 edition of our downstream solar journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download, including comprehensive coverage of efforts to diversify the supply chain. As always, ‘Storage & Smart Power’, the section of the jo… https://t.co/ga341Hm4lf

Residential #batterystorage capacity in Europe is set to reach 9.3GWh by the end of this year, according to SolarPower Europe. Home batteries have become an attractive means to reduce electricity bills, especially during a year of… https://t.co/iIQ0Bargln

This was an interesting interview - of course, I find all of the interviews we do to be interesting, but this one's a little different as the site doesn't cover the residential market very often. Perhaps not as often as I'd like.… https://t.co/wV6X1qj1DC