Financing Options For Onsite Generation, Energy Storage, and Energy
This fact sheet outlines a 6-step process to help organizations select a financing mechanism for onsite energy generation, storage, and/or energy efficiency projects.
The Summit was the first Energy Storage Finance Advisory Committee Meeting for a U.S. Department of Energy sponsored study to issues and challenges surrounding project and portfolio valuation.
The development of an investment tax credit for stand-alone energy projects continues to be a goal of the industry. Experience has shown energy storage system to be covered under the Solar ITC, but only as a supporting piece of equipment, and precluding the use of the true potential of the energy storage asset.
The Western Area Power Administration is a good example of how one of these groups can support energy storage project financing of large projects. Through an infrastructure financing program aimed at expanding and modernizing the electric grid, WAPA's Transmission Infrastructure Program (TIP) can make loans to project.
Most groups involved with project development usually agree that energy storage projects are not necessarily different than a typical power industry project finance transaction, especially with regards to risk allocation.
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