As before with PV modules, quality control in the supply chain for battery energy storage systems is becoming increasingly critical. Vicente Parra and Carlos Sandoval look at some of the key steps to ensuring robust risk management in the selection, procurement and manufacturing of BESS equipment

Intensifying competition and unpredictable market conditions in the BESS sector increase the need for robust forecasting and optimisation strategies. Both elements are essential for bringing projects to market and ensuring they remain profitable in the long term, writes Lennard Wilkening

Against the backdrop of ever-shifting market conditions, estimating potential storage revenues is a complex challenge. Rachel Locquet of Clean Horizon explores the dynamics shaping Europe’s main markets and how investors can make the best decisions for maximising revenue

QUARTERLY EDITION: April 2025

108 pages

Highlights in this edition include:

• More than modules
  The solar backlash pushing developers to raise their game
• Rising module prices and a rush to complete projects
  Recent major market reforms in China bring an end to the feed-in tariff era
• Inverted fortunes
  Inverters are crucial in everything from cybersecurity to home energy management. So why are producers struggling?
• PV underperformance
  A modern solution to a data-driven problem
• Virtual power plants
  New business models to fund off-grid PV
• BESS revenue optimisiation
  Unlocking Europe’s key markets

QUARTERLY EDITION: December 2024

92 pages

Highlights in this edition include:

• Hope and hype
  The route to market for perovskite PV
• Tackling uncertainty in energy yield forecasts
  Why the PV forecasting industry needs to raise its game
• Towards a new desert testing standard for PV modules
  Ensuring module durability in desert environments
• How US trade measures are reshaping solar supply chains
  How will a second presidential term for Donald Trump impact the US PV supply chain?
• Fresh thinking needed to close off-grid solar’s funding gap
  New business models to fund off-grid PV
• Cutthroat competition: the race to the top of the BESS supply chain
  Strategies for market dominance in a fiercely competitive industry

Grid constraints have prevented Chile from maximising the potential of its worldclass solar resources. Energy storage has therefore become a necessity to ensure the financial viability of PV projects, writes Jonathan Tourino Jacobo.

Inflexible and complex, the warranty model for energy storage systems has failed to keep pace with rapid market growth. Valentin Lorscheid and Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies of ACCURE Battery Intelligence propose ways in which warranties can be reformed as the industry matures.

Rho Motion’s head of research Iola Hughes analyses some of the market trends shaping the dynamic battery energy storage market as its growth accelerates worldwide.

QUARTERLY EDITION: September 2024

100 pages

Highlights in this edition include:

• Unshackling the US grid
  Interconnection reforms for the clean energy transition
• Uncertainty builds ahead of more AD/CVD tariffs
  The latest chapter in the US tariff saga looms
• New UK government sets course for 2030 decarbonisation goal
  Solar and storage take centre stage in Labour’s clean energy plans
• Fresh hope for Europe’s PV manufacturers
  Implementing the EU’s Net-Zero Industries Act
• Navigating defects in next-generation PV modules
  Degradation in TOPCon and HJT modules
• Beyond the spark: Insuring battery storage
  KWH Analytics on managing thermal runaway risks

Recognition of the role energy storage must play in Europe’s energy transition has been long overdue. Now that it has arrived, the hard work begins, write Julian Jansen and Lars Stephan of Fluence.