2025 Energy Predictions: Battery Costs Fall,

Experts predict what 2025 holds for U.S. energy policy: EV battery costs fall, energy storage demand surges, carbon removal hits

2025 Dec 09

Understanding Agency Fees in Industrial & Commercial Energy Storage

Summary: This article breaks down agency fee structures for industrial and commercial energy storage systems, explores cost drivers, and shares actionable strategies to optimize project

2024 Apr 27

What You Need to Know about BESS Tolling

With increasing questions from our community and growing industry discussions around battery storage contract structures, we''re

2025 Oct 22

Financing energy storage projects: assessing risks

In part one of this article, we discussed the types of energy storage and the incentives that are supporting its development. Now let''s look at the financing issues and the project risks

2025 Dec 27

A 2025 Update on Utility-Scale Energy Storage Procurements

While the energy storage market continues to rapidly expand, fueled by record-low battery costs and robust policy support, challenges still loom on the horizon—tariffs, shifting

2026 Jan 21

Fees and Network Tariffs

Static ToU tariffs provide fixed, known pricing windows (e.g. day/night), making it easier for energy storage operators to plan charging and discharging schedules and optimise their business model.

2024 Nov 25

Energy Storage Financing: Project and Portfolio Valuation

The Project Economic Model—also known as the Project Financial Model—provides a structured framework for the integrated economic valuation of an energy storage project.

2024 Oct 18

Top German court rules costruction cost fees for

Germany''s Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe has upheld the legality of grid connection payments for battery storage

2025 Oct 30

What the budget bill means for energy storage tax

While storage fared better than solar and wind, homeowners interested in residential batteries face dwindling opportunities.

2023 Jun 09

Top German court rules costruction cost fees for battery storage

Germany''s Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe has upheld the legality of grid connection payments for battery storage systems. This decision by the Cartel Senate had

2023 Mar 31

German court upholds grid connection charges for

Germany''s top court has ruled that distribution network operators may require battery storage projects to pay grid connection

2023 Feb 23

How are energy storage operation and maintenance fees charged?

Performance-based financing models are increasingly being adopted in the energy sector, providing a framework for charging fees tied to the performance of the energy storage

2025 Sep 23

UK could replace C&I ''demand charges'' with fixed fees

UK energy market regulator Ofgem has set out a plan which would see fixed charges applied to all final demand network users irrespective of their ability to reduce their

2025 Jan 19

German court upholds grid connection charges for battery projects

Germany''s top court has ruled that distribution network operators may require battery storage projects to pay grid connection fees, calling the charges fair as they help

2024 Jun 16

Battery Energy Storage Financing Structures and Revenue

The varying uses of storage, along with differences in regional energy markets and regulations, create a range of revenue streams for battery energy storage projects.

2023 Feb 12

California Low-Income Solar Program Funds Energy Storage

The average system size for SOMAH projects is 117.4 MW AC. Do the recipients need to pay for any part of their solar power and/or energy storage systems?

2023 Nov 27

New network fees could "kill the viability" of battery and pumped

A proposed rewrite of market rules for battery and pumped hydro projects includes controversial network charges that could kill investment in storage.

2023 Jul 12

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR LONG-TERM

"Energy Storage System'''', means a commercially available technology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing it for a period of time and thereafter dispatching the

2023 Mar 31

Behnam Zakeri''s Post

🔋 Grid fees & energy storage policies: A debate that''s heating up again in Germany 🔌 Germany''s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) proposes reforms to the country''s electricity grid

2025 Dec 24