Large-scale energy storage investment

What is energy storage?

Energy storage encompasses an array of technologies that enable energy produced at one time, such as during daylight or windy hours, to be stored for later use. LPO can finance commercially ready projects across storage technologies, including flywheels, mechanical technologies, electrochemical technologies, thermal storage, and chemical storage.

Are energy storage technologies the key to reducing energy costs?

Energy storage technologies are also the key to lowering energy costs and integrating more renewable power into our grids, fast. If we can get this right, we can hold on to ever-rising quantities of renewable energy we are already harnessing – from our skies, our seas, and the earth itself. The gap to fill is very wide indeed.

Are energy storage systems in demand?

Energy storage systems are increasingly in demand to increase the effectiveness of solar power arrays, with the Energy Information Administration estimating in February that new utility-scale electric-generating capacity on the U.S. power grid will hit a record in 2025 after a 30% increase over the prior year.

Why is energy storage important?

Energy storage serves important grid functions, including time-shifting energy across hours, days, weeks, or months; regulating grid frequency; and ensuring flexibility to balance supply and demand.

Should storage projects be funded?

One large missing piece has been funding. Storage projects are risky investments: high costs, uncertain returns, and a limited track record. Only smart, large-scale, low-cost financing can lower those risks and clear the way for a clean future.

Why is energy storage growing so fast in 2024?

Energy storage widens that neck. Global deployments jumped 53% in 2024 as utilities rushed to firm renewables and avoid blackouts. In the United States alone, developers added 12.3 GW / 37 GWh of capacity, enough to power 5 million homes for four hours. Three forces have converged to enable this growth.