What makes a successful energy storage project?
The first step in realizing successful energy storage projects is accurately modeling revenue streams and system performance over time. Stem has market-leading experience in designing hundreds of projects across many different markets and use cases.
Why do energy storage projects need project financing?
The rapid growth in the energy storage market is similarly driving demand for project financing. The general principles of project finance that apply to the financing of solar and wind projects also apply to energy storage projects.
Should energy storage projects have multiple construction contracts?
For energy storage projects, it is common practice to have multiple contracts for equipment supply, construction, and installation, rather than a single turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract. This approach helps manage construction risks.
How can stored energy be released during peak periods?
For example, stored energy from solar PV can be released during peak periods to reduce demand charges for end users, mitigate coincident peaks for utilities, or earn wholesale market revenues for independent power producers. Stem builds and operates the world’s largest digitally connected storage network.
What is a common practice for energy storage project contracts?
It is common practice to see multiple equipment supply, construction, and installation contracts rather than one turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for energy storage projects.
Can you finance a solar energy storage project?
Since the majority of solar projects currently under construction include a storage system, lenders in the project finance markets are willing to finance the construction and cashflows of an energy storage project. However, there are certain additional considerations in structuring a project finance transaction for an energy storage project.
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Figure 47 Batteries at the Prosperity energy storage project in New Mexico 82 Figure 48 Wind power plant in Maui, Hawaii 82 Figure 49 Prosperity energy storage project providing VRE smoothing to a solar PV plant 83 Figure 50 Solar PV smoothing on the French island of La Réunion with a 9 MWh battery 84
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