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How can batteries hedge nodal price risk with Congestion Revenue Rights?

2 days ago

BESS profit off of volatility, but volatile prices can bite both ways. CRRs and FTRs can protect your battery from downside risk.

Market updates 2 days ago

Capacity Market terminations: what they reveal about BESS delivery risk in Great Britain

Explainer 3 days ago

What NYISO’s Interconnection Queue Reform Means for BESS Development

Battery Buildout 3 days ago

SPP: The 2025 Battery Buildout Outlook and Interconnection Queue

Policy Update 3 days ago

Will the LDES cap and floor scheme harm merchant BESS returns?

Market & Policy Updates 4 days ago

De-risking BESS returns in Great Britain - Q3 2025 Livestream

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De-risking BESS returns in Great Britain - Q3 2025 Livestream

Market & Policy Updates

4 days ago

From merchant volatility to market reforms and evolving offtake models, de-risking BESS returns has become central to investment decisions in GB. In this session, we explore how revenues are changing, what’s driving the volatility, and the mechanisms helping investors secure more stable cash flows — from floors and tolls to the upcoming long-duration storage cap-and-floor scheme.

NEM BESS Outlook Q3 2025: The investment case for grid-scale batteries

Forecast Outlook

5 days ago

The investment case for grid-scale batteries in the Australian NEM has shifted towards long-duration batteries and energy trading revenues in the face of FCAS market saturation. Meanwhile, multiple gigawatts of batteries are already in construction or ...

Italy’s BESS Market: As fixed revenues take hold, can merchant still compete?

Market Analysis

24 Oct 2025

Italy's BESS market is being built on fixed revenues, merchant opportunities remain for well optimised and strategically located assets.

The State of Energy Storage in ERCOT: Four Key Takeaways

23 Oct 2025

Texas’ battery market is entering a new phase. Capacity deployment reached record highs last quarter despite low revenues to date in 2025. In this article, we present four key takeaways for investors on the current state of the ERCOT battery market.

NYISO’s Ancillary Services: A Beginner’s Guide

23 Oct 2025

Ancillary Services support the stable operation of the electric grid. NYISO procures two types of Ancillary Services through wholesale markets.

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The Investment Case for BESS in the NEM: Five key takeaways

Battery energy storage buildout in the NEM is accelerating, but shifting volatility is changing the investment case for new projects. The right combination of merchant earnings alongside contracted revenue is crucial for maximising the returns and bankability of new BESS.

23 Oct 2025

France’s grid is shifting. Can nuclear keep up?

Market Analysis

France’s nuclear fleet has become a daily balancing tool. Reactors now flex with solar, cutting midday output and ramping up at night. Median swings hit 6 GW in 2025 versus 1.5 GW in 2022. This modulation stabilises but doesn’t erase solar volatility. As ramping deepens, reactor wear and lifetime extensions will decide how long nuclear can anchor France’s power mix before storage takes the lead.

23 Oct 2025

PJM Q3 2025 BESS Livestream: Seven key insights

Modo Energy’s 2025 Q3 PJM Livestream explored key trends in the battery energy storage market, covering buildout and revenue opportunities across capacity, energy, and ancillary markets. Read the key takeaways here.

22 Oct 2025

PPAs in a time of negative prices: Lessons from Spain

Market Analysis

Spain was one of Europe's leading solar PPA markets in 2024, but contracts were stress-tested when the wholesale market saw negative prices for the first time. In spring 2025, there were 404 negative-price hours in the wholesale market, which is 72% more than in Germany.

22 Oct 2025

Industry news

The Energyst 2 days ago

Construction work begins at Gridserve eHGV charging hubs

The Energyst 2 days ago

Grid reform and the delivery deficit: Why the planning sector must engage beyond policy

Energy Storage News 2 days ago

Flatiron Energy upsizes credit facility to US$250 million for BESS portfolio

Current News 2 days ago

Australian electric trucking trial proves time, cost efficiencies

Energy Storage News 2 days ago

Wisconsin utilities opt for solar-plus-storage project acquisitions over ‘debt-like PPAs’

The Energyst 2 days ago

Demand flexibility – without it, there’s no net zero

Energy Storage News 2 days ago

Envision launches modular ‘Gen 8’ BESS equipped with 750Ah-plus cells

Current News 2 days ago

UK government plans to widen access to home EV charging

The Energyst 2 days ago

Data centres can’t be the achilles’ heel of the £150bn UK–US Tech Prosperity Deal

Transmission: The Podcast

Podcast: Managing BESS market risk in Germany with Martin Daronnat

01 Aug 2025

Martin Daronnat (Engie) joins Quentin to explore the market mechanisms, strategies, and contract structures driving Germany’s battery storage boom.

Podcast: Behind the scenes of BESS integration with Zach Vosburg

13 May 2025

Behind every battery system that comes online is a hidden world of engineering, integration, and performance management. Zach Vosburg shares the details.

Podcast: Insuring battery energy storage with Michael Bogdan

09 May 2025

From fire events like Moss Landing to the evolving role of insurance across development, the way insurers are underwriting storage is changing fast.

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Australia: Benchmarking optimiser performance in the NEM (methodology)

11 Jun 2025

Battery energy storage capacity in the NEM is increasing rapidly, with new systems coming online across every mainland region. But as the fleet grows, so does the challenge of maximising value from each asset. Owners and developers face a critical ques...

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