Can individual investors do energy storage

Is energy storage a good investment?

Energy storage is an attractive emerging high-growth sector. It's still wide open with many upcoming companies. The market has seen more pure energy storage players coming online with different technologies. These are often high-risk, high-reward investments. ESS (energy storage solutions) offers a compelling new segment in renewable energy.

Do investors underestimate the value of energy storage?

While energy storage is already being deployed to support grids across major power markets, new McKinsey analysis suggests investors often underestimate the value of energy storage in their business cases.

What is energy storage & why is it important?

That's where energy storage comes in, offering the potential for power to be held in reserve until it's needed by homes or businesses. As solar continues to ramp up – alongside wind power and other similarly intermittent green energy sources – the need for grid-scale solutions to support that growth will only increase in kind.

Who needs energy storage?

Large energy consumers ranging from factories to large campuses need this type of storage in spades. The US armed forces has been a leader in the development of micro-grid and standalone energy systems.

Are energy storage solutions still private?

The best energy storage solutions are still private - won’t have IPO for several years - which will then make current energy storage tech stranded assets;) @Moats and Income Plenty of cash both in private and public markets. I see potential public winners also.

Is trading a big revenue opportunity for energy storage?

"We don’t, as yet, see trading as a big revenue opportunity for energy storage – it is driven by grid balancing.” In Texas, increasingly extreme weather events create opportunities in wholesale power markets as prices spike in line with fluctuations in supply and demand.