What is needed to raise funds for energy storage projects

Why should we invest in energy storage?

By providing low-cost funding for breakthrough storage solutions, we help bring clean electricity to millions of people when they need it. The rapid expansion in intermittent sources of clean energy such as wind and solar power must be matched by investments in energy storage to ensure communities get electricity when they need it most.

How do we finance the storage of electricity?

While financing the storage of electricity has often been carried out on a low-leveraged, corporate or portfolio basis, as the size of battery projects increases, we are now seeing more typical SPV non-recourse project finance structures, with a full security package.

Can you finance a battery storage project?

Energy can be stored in a number of ways, depending on the source, but the most common is in chemical batteries. In this briefing, we look at some of the considerations for financing battery storage projects. Why chemical batteries? Chemical batteries are ideal for energy storage for a number of reasons: They are easily scalable.

How can renewables help generating electricity in the UK?

The UK Government has recognised the crucial importance of renewables in generating electricity in its Energy Security Plan, and has announced a raft of measures aimed at improving networks and grid connections, which will hopefully remove some of the hurdles to developing and financing battery storage projects.

How does battery storage financing work?

Battery storage financing structures usually involve a greater proportion of equity funding than would be typically seen on a renewables project and a shorter tenor of facility. Cash sweep mechanisms are often seen, to ensure that free cash is used to repay debt.

Are government subsidies for battery storage a viable revenue stream?

The available government subsidies for battery storage in the UK do not currently form a sufficiently significant and stable revenue stream to ensure battery storage project financings are fundable on the basis of capacity market or ancillary services alone.