June 13, 2022
Key Value Drivers for Grid-Scale Merchant Storage
Energy storage is critical to transitioning the grid to a low-carbon future while maintaining reliability and controlling energy costs. However, forecasting cash flows for battery storage assets poses new challenges for investors and financiers.
In this insights report, CohnReznick Capital and Black & Veatch analyze best practices and concepts shaping grid-scale merchant storage, including:
- Merchant revenue strategies & forecasting methodologies
- Drivers of degradation
- Strategies to offset degradation (oversizing and augmentation)
- Estimating and underwriting overall project useful life
