How to do business in energy storage field

Why is energy storage important?

With energy storage becoming an important element in the energy system, each player in this field needs to prepare now and experiment and develop new business models in storage. They need to understand the key success factors of future market leaders and reinforce those in the next five years to contribute value to storage and the overall system.

Is energy storage ready for the future?

To be ready for the future and be a part of the future. With energy storage becoming an important element in the energy system, each player in this field needs to prepare now and experiment and develop new business models in storage. Published June 2017. Available in en zh

Is energy storage a new business opportunity?

With the rise of intermittent renewables, energy storage is needed to maintain balance between demand and supply. With a changing role for storage in the ener-gy system, new business opportunities for energy stor-age will arise and players are preparing to seize these new business opportunities.

How will storage solutions impact the energy industry?

Storage solutions will create new connections between power generation and energy users, and be-tween producing/consuming players ("pro-sumers") as well. Trading and arbitrage over time will create new business opportunities for the existing and new players in the energy field. However, we are not there yet.

Are energy storage business models the future?

The lessons from twelve case studies on energy storage business models give a glimpse of the future and show what players can do today. The advent of new energy storage business models will affect all players in the energy value chain. In this publication we offer some recommendations.

What is en-Ergy storage?

New entrants design-ing energy services solutions around storage and digital oferings are knocking on the door. For these players en-ergy storage is a mode to enter the market. Some players may only ofer storage capacity and will act as indepen-dent storage operators, as opposed to the independent power producers we know today.