Tackling battery system commercialization I published a short post on LinkedIn about a structural challenge in renewable energy, specifically energy storage. In summary, advanced energy storage has been in development for decades now, yet we are still seeing non-economic deals and demonstration projects. I’ve written before about the information asymmetry in this industry and while […]
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Why battery system cyber-physical security matters
Battery system cyber-physical security matters Energy storage has been held up as a panacea for renewable energy and grid modernization woes. There is a widely held belief that the challenges with energy infrastructure and grid modernization disappear with the availability of affordable energy storage. Battery systems are the front-runners in the grid-scale energy storage race. […]
Energy storage and project finance presentation
Energy storage and project finance in Africa and the US Last month, I participated on a panel discussing the financing of cleantech deployments in Africa at the heavily attended US Commercial Service’s Discover Global Markets: Sustainable Solutions conference. There were a number of points of connection from my presentation (PDF) that the audience shared with […]
3 arguments for the relevance of energy storage to project finance
(You can also read The Importance of Project Finance to Energy Storage.) Grid stabilisation, grid modernisation, and risk analysis are the top three reasons why energy storage is relevant to project finance. Send to Kindle