Independent Energy Storage Business Plan

Is energy storage a new business opportunity?

With the rise of intermittent renewables, energy storage is needed to maintain balance between demand and supply. With a changing role for storage in the ener-gy system, new business opportunities for energy stor-age will arise and players are preparing to seize these new business opportunities.

Will energy storage become a new business line?

Energy storage will become a new business line in the energy world. The energy transition is changing the energy land-scape. New players have entered the industry, operating renewable energy generation capacity, while taking away sales from traditional utilities. Consumers have started to produce energy themselves, leading to lower demand.

Are energy storage projects ready for a bright future?

In anticipation of a bright future, the first projects with energy storage are being set up. We have analyzed some of these cases and clustered them according to their po-sition in the energy value chain and the type of revenues associated with the business model.

Is energy storage an independent asset class?

Energy storage is becoming an independent asset class in the energy system; it is neither part of transmission and distribution, nor generation. We see four key lessons emerging from the cases. PHS has been installed in France, Japan and other re-gions to compensate for the inertia of nuclear reactors.

What are the business models for large energy storage systems?

The business models for large energy storage systems like PHS and CAES are changing. Their role is tradition-ally to support the energy system, where large amounts of baseload capacity cannot deliver enough flexibility to respond to changes in demand during the day.

Are energy storage business models convincing?

Nei-ther clear nor convincing business models have been developed. The lessons from twelve case studies on en-ergy storage business models give a glimpse of the fu-ture and show what players can do today.