The low prices and strict operational requirements in Italy’s recent MACSE auction for BESS have brought asset management and operational execution into the spotlight.
We catch up with the CFO and co-founder of German BESS own-operate platform Terra One, after its €150 million (US$173 million) mezzanine financing to scale up in Europe’s hottest energy storage market.
Battery storage equipped with optimisation platforms not specifically designed for Australia’s NEM missed revenue opportunities during the 10 October price spike, according to Sahand Karimi, co-founder and CEO of OptiGrid.
Projects supported by the UK government’s long-duration energy storage (LDES) cap-and-floor could significantly dampen price spreads but also affect non-LDES flexibility assets.
Andrés Barberán, energy storage product manager at Fluence, emphasises that optimising battery energy storage system (BESS) performance means making decisions with the entire asset lifecycle in mind, not just immediate returns.
We catch up with the CEO of BESS developer Harmony Energy about its strategy and plans going forward, following the sale of its affiliated Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT).