Battery storage
Energy
Battery storage is set to play a significant role on the route to Net Zero. Its ability to balance supply and demand, both by responding quickly to frequency events and by shifting energy across the day, are seen as crucial.
Investing in and operating battery storage assets is significantly more complex than conventional assets. Forecasting long term battery storage revenues requires an approach that appreciates the technical capabilities of batteries, the changing market dynamics on the path to Net Zero, the impact of competition and the different short-term markets that batteries can operate in.
Our unique breadth of experience allows us to help our clients with the full lifespan of the asset, and to understand the risks and opportunities in investing in and operating battery storage. This includes:
- Our battery storage modelling is used extensively by investors, developers and lenders to forecast revenue streams of individual storage assets across a range of scenarios.
- Our standalone battery optimisation models support in-house analysts with running profile optimisation and those operating onsite batteries.
- Our live industry leaderboards allow market analysts to stay on top of and benchmark storage performance and strategy instantly.
- Enact is used by traders and optimisers on the ground to maximise the potential of battery storage assets in the multiple traded markets available.
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STOREtrack provides continuously updated detailed data on energy storage projects throughout Europe through an intuitive web-based interface, enabling users to identify and track opportunities, analyse market trends, see the competition and potential partners. STOREtrack gives you complete transparency on who owns, operators, develops, and finances battery storage projects across the EU.
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This report takes a look back at 2021 and discusses if the investment case for batteries has changed, where future revenues are most likely to come from and the role batteries have to play in the UK energy system’s net zero transition.
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Battery storage revenue forecasts
Our battery forecasts help clients understand the expected returns of the asset, and how these returns vary based on location, running and co-location strategy, technical parameters, level of competition and market background scenario.
Our stochastic approach models a large number of simulations, allowing us to capture the full range of outcomes under different intermittency, demand and fleet availability profiles, and, crucially, tail events (such as high peak prices) which can provide a significant source of value, allowing our clients to appreciate the full range of possible outcomes.
LCP Standalone Battery Optimisation model
The LCP Standalone Battery Optimisation model allows operators of on-site batteries and in-house analysis teams to maximise the profitability of their assets. The model takes in market prices, on-site load and generation profiles and the asset’s technical characteristics and uses LCP’s proprietary approach to give the optimal running profile. The model can be used to determine the optimal size and duration of a new battery asset, and to assess the profitability impact of future upgrades.
Asset benchmarking
Enact provides market analysts with live and historic estimations of asset revenues and profits across wholesale, balancing and ancillary markets. Users have the ability to quickly compare total profits over custom time ranges using leaderboards, or to drill into specific asset strategies and running profiles. With these tools, users can assess realised returns, understand the strategies and revenue stacking approaches of different optimisers, and identify when certain assets capitalised on or missed lucrative trading opportunities.
Trading and operational optimisation
Enact is used by traders, asset owners and battery storage optimisers across GB and Europe to maximise the potential of their assets. From real time data integration and analytics through to proprietary forecasts around system imbalance and cash-out pricing, Enact provides users with the full suite of tools required to efficiently trade their battery. Enact also allows users to compare the relative profitability of ancillary markets against wholesale and balancing opportunities, enabling users to revenue stack efficiently and further increase their margins.
Battery storage subscription service
Our subscription service is a comprehensive set of offerings designed to provide battery storage asset owners with everything they need to invest in batteries. Clients will have access to forecasts of their specific assets, updated quarterly, the battery optimisation model to perform in house analysis or operations, and a licence to Enact to monitor market trends and competitor performance.
STOREtrack
STOREtrack builds on LCP Delta’s comprehensive dataset tracking the status of storage projects across Europe, allowing users to:
- Track aggregate trends in storage MW, MWh and duration across countries.
- Deep dive into specific projects and identify owners, optimisers, financers, grid connections and planning status.
- Map the competitive landscape through project portfolios; existing, under construction and planned projects; project roles and business development opportunities.
- Answer pre-defined, business critical questions such as “which assets are being built that do not yet have an optimiser”
- Export aggregate data and graphics to support stakeholder engagement and fundraising.
- Explore the full spectrum of battery and non-battery technologies at various scales, from grid-scale to commercial, industrial and residential.
Through its intuitive interface and comprehensive dataset, STOREtrack enables users to identify and focus on the best opportunities for the European energy storage market.
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