Financing Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) – SMBC Outlook
In this episode of our Energy Transition Network meetings, Peter Allcock, Director and Sector Lead for Energy Transition at SMBC, examines the development of the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) market from a lender’s viewpoint:
- Risk elements lenders need to consider when approaching a BESS project
- Technology innovation and how it is changing the investment landscape for BESS
- Pressure on debt availability given the significant level of investment growth