The Project Financing Outlook for Global Energy
While lenders may need to undertake additional diligence before financing an energy storage project, the project finance market for energy
The general principles of project finance that apply to the financing of solar and wind projects also apply to energy storage projects. Since the majority of solar projects currently under construction include a storage system, lenders in the project finance markets are willing to finance the construction and cashflows of an energy storage project.
Most groups involved with project development usually agree that energy storage projects are not necessarily different than a typical power industry project finance transaction, especially with regards to risk allocation.
This is understandable as energy storage technologies possess a number of inter-related cost, performance, and operating characteristics that and impart feed-back to impacts to the other project aspects. However, this complexity is the heart of the value potential for energy storage systems.
There are a number of proprietary energy storage project databases on the market, but the U.S. Department of Energy has provided a publicly available database on projects operating across the globe, establishing a basis for improving pricing visibility for energy storage projects. The DOE Global Energy Storage Database
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