How does the energy storage industry enter the business group

Will energy storage become a new business line?

Energy storage will become a new business line in the energy world. The energy transition is changing the energy land-scape. New players have entered the industry, operating renewable energy generation capacity, while taking away sales from traditional utilities. Consumers have started to produce energy themselves, leading to lower demand.

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.

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.

Are energy storage business models convincing?

Nei-ther clear nor convincing business models have been developed. The lessons from twelve case studies on en-ergy storage business models give a glimpse of the fu-ture and show what players can do today.

Can energy storage disrupt business models?

Energy storage has the potential to disrupt business models. Energy storage has been around for a long time. Ales-sandro Volta invented the battery in 1800. Even earlier, in 1749, Benjamin Franklin had conducted the first ex-periments. And the first pumped hydro storage facili-ties (PHS) were built in Italy and Switzerland in 1890.