2025 Agenda
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If you would like to present a case study or be part of a panel session at the 2nd Battery Asset Management Summit (11-12 November 2025), then please get in touch with the team today.
As the energy storage industry grapples with evolving trade policies and operational challenges, this critical panel brings together industry leaders to explore the dual impact of tariff regulations and operational complexities on battery storage projects.
- The shifting landscape of tariffs and their direct impact on supply chains
- Strategies for managing increased costs in battery procurement
- Operational adjustments needed to maintain project economics
- Domestic content requirements and their influence on project planning
- Alternative sourcing strategies and supply chain diversification
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If you are interested in giving a presentation, please get in touch with Daniel White, daniel.white@informa.com
This session focuses on the market-facing and commercial strategies required to maximise the value of battery storage assets in rapidly evolving energy markets.
- Navigating dynamic markets like ERCOT and CAISO to unlock revenue potential
- Adapting trading strategies to evolving market structures and ancillary services
- Balancing merchant risk with contracted agreements and tolling structures
- Leveraging market intelligence to optimize revenue streams and asset availability
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As battery energy storage systems mature and scale, understanding how to maximize operational efficiency while maintaining asset longevity has become a critical industry challenge. From a technical performance focus to operational excellence, this keynote panel will highlight the key considerations for peak performance.
- Managing battery degradation and performance limitations
- Real-world experiences with performance monitoring and diagnostics
- Best practices for maintenance planning and scheduling
- Role of advanced analytics and monitoring systems
- Strategies for rebalancing and maintaining optimal system health
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If you are interested in giving a presentation, please get in touch with Daniel White, daniel.white@informa.com
Battery Asset Management Essentials
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This session explores performance of individual battery energy storage systems (BESS) in CAISO, highlighting variation in revenue outcomes within the fleet and across market regions. We’ll compare actual revenue versus modeled market opportunity for individual BESS assets, revealing key drivers of performance gaps. We’ll also examine how differing market rules in CAISO and ERCOT shape operational strategies and ultimately impact asset returns.
- Why some BESS consistently outperform others
- How to evaluate asset-level performance in context of opportunity vs. actual results
- The impact of market design and participation rules on value capture
- Strategies for improving returns in an increasingly competitive storage landscape
This session is ideal for asset owners, operators, and investors seeking a deeper understanding of performance optimization of BESS assets.
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What is the true key to successful commercial battery optimization?
Dive into a transformative workshop, featuring an upfront fireside chat and exclusive conversations with industry leaders. Get involved in discussions into the tools, strategies, and innovations driving success in commercial battery asset optimization.
- Fireside Chat with Industry Experts: Begin the workshop with an engaging fireside chat, where 2 optimization experts will share their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in battery asset optimization. The initial discussion will cover scaling across ISOs, adapting optimization strategies to policy changes & building in-house vs working with 3rd parties.
- Breakout discussions: Participate in focused discussions covering managing complex optimization operations for battery assets. Workshop your commercial optimization strategies and collaborate with peers on best practices and actionable solutions.
- Tailored for BESS Professionals: This workshop is specifically curated for asset managers, optimization teams, and performance specialists, ensuring the content is relevant and actionable for your unique needs.
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As battery energy storage systems mature and degrade, augmentation strategies become crucial for maintaining performance and meeting contractual obligations. This panel brings together experienced asset owners and operators to discuss real-world experiences with battery degradation, performance challenges, and augmentation planning.
- Performance Tracking & Analysis: Understanding degradation patterns, monitoring tools, and metrics for evaluating when augmentation is needed
- Economic Considerations: Balancing augmentation costs against revenue impacts, warranty considerations, and long-term financial planning
- Technical Solutions: Exploring different augmentation approaches, including module replacement, capacity additions, and system upgrades
- Operational Impact: Managing augmentation projects while maintaining system availability and revenue generation
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This session will examine how operators can leverage Asset Performance Management (APM) and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to translate data into actionable insights that sustain high availability. We will explore the challenges of OEM data access, accountability for closing the loop between detection and resolution, and how connected ecosystems improve operational efficiency. KCE will share lessons learned from operating stand-alone BESS, including both challenges and successes in building an integrated data framework.
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The rapid deployment of battery energy storage systems brings heightened focus on safety protocols, incident prevention, and emergency response preparedness. This panel examines critical safety considerations across the entire BESS lifecycle, from design and construction through operations and maintenance. Industry leaders will share insights on evolving safety standards, best practices for thermal runaway prevention, and lessons learned from real-world incidents that have shaped current safety protocols.
- Risk Management: Implementing comprehensive safety protocols, thermal management systems, and early detection mechanisms
- Emergency Response: Developing effective response plans, training programs, and coordination with local first responders
- Regulatory Compliance: Understanding evolving safety standards, certification requirements, and industry best practices
- Incident Prevention: Identifying potential hazards, implementing preventive measures, and maintaining robust safety systems
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The complexity of BESS warranty structures and performance guarantees requires careful consideration to ensure long-term asset protection and value preservation. This panel explores the evolving landscape of warranty solutions, performance guarantees, and innovative contracting structures in the energy storage industry. Industry experts will share insights on negotiating comprehensive coverage, understanding warranty terms and conditions, and implementing effective warranty management strategies to optimize asset performance and minimize financial risk.
- Warranty Coverage: Understanding capacity guarantees, performance metrics, and coverage limitations for critical components
- Contract Structures: Evaluating different warranty models, performance guarantees, and risk allocation strategies
- Claims Management: Developing processes for warranty enforcement, documentation requirements, and dispute resolution
- Risk Mitigation: Implementing monitoring systems, maintenance protocols, and operational practices to maintain warranty compliance
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This session delves into the technical and operational strategies that drive sustainable profitability in battery storage projects. By leveraging predictive analytics, advanced modelling, and risk mitigation techniques, learn how to optimize operational efficiency and economic performance while ensuring long-term asset reliability.
- Using predictive modelling and scenario analysis to inform real-time operational decisions
- Mitigating risks to promote asset longevity and sustainable profitability
- Analysing the impact of pricing volatility and demand patterns on operational efficiency
- Integrating advanced technologies like AI and machine learning to optimize battery performance
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Battery energy storage systems are high-value assets but operators often face a tough trade-off:
push for profitability or preserve long-term health. This session challenges that binary.
We’ll explore how persistent uncertainties in key metrics—like state of charge (SoC), state of
health (SoH), and degradation—have historically forced operators to underutilize their systems to
avoid risk. But that’s changing. New advances in measurement, analytics, and service guarantee
models are rewriting the rules of BESS operations.
In this session, Wärtsilä Energy Storage’s Steve Merrick will share the three critical challenges that
impact both profitability and asset life:
- Measurement accuracy: SoC, cell imbalance, degradation, and unit-level outage visibility
- Contractual constraints: Limited view into actual capacity outside of annual capacity test
creates uncertainty - Operational rigidity: Performance guarantees that restrict how systems are run
Steve will also share how smarter algorithms, adaptive service models, and more flexible contracts
are enabling operators to maximize usable energy, mitigate operational risk, and improve lifecycle
returns.
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BAM Essentials
Breakout Zones
Engage directly with renewable finance experts specializing in utility-scale energy projects. From financing strategies to navigating market challenges, participants can ask pressing questions and gain valuable insights into the capital landscape driving large-scale storage developments.
- Innovative financing models for utility-scale battery storage projects
- Navigating investment risks and opportunities in dynamic markets
- The role of private equity, institutional investors, and public funding in energy capital
- Insights into the future of utility-scale storage financing with changing policy and regulatory landscapes
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The Asset Operators Hackathon offers an exclusive forum designed specifically for professionals actively managing energy storage assets. The session opens with an intimate 30-minute fireside chat featuring two leading asset operators who will share their experiences and insights.
Structure:
- A moderated roundtable discussion will follow the fireside chat, focusing on current industry challenges and potential solutions
- Participants will collaboratively identify and document key industry needs and barriers to progress
- The session concludes with action item development, followed by a comprehensive post-event Q&A to ensure continued engagement
- Limited to verified asset operators only to maintain focused, peer-to-peer discussions
This confidential forum creates an environment for open dialogue and meaningful exchange among industry peers, ensuring that participants can freely discuss operational challenges and work together toward practical solutions. The structured format, combined with post-event follow-up, provides lasting value for all attendees while building a stronger network of asset operation professionals.
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This Open Forum explores the critical role of Long-Term Service Agreements (LTSAs) in determining the performance, availability, and profitability of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). Drawing from industry expertise, we’ll examine how asset owners can negotiate data-driven, owner-favorable contracts that protect their interests and maximize system value.
• Analysis of common LTSA pitfalls, and essential LTSA components.
• Gain practical insights into structuring future-proof LTSAs that align technical, financial, and operational objectives over the life of their storage assets.
• Be provided with actionable strategies for reducing operational risks and building more equitable partnerships with integrators and service providers.
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This dynamic session delves into the latest developments shaping the ERCOT BESS market. Industry experts will provide an in-depth analysis of ERCOT’s evolving market structures, operational requirements, and regulatory changes. Speakers will share actionable insights into optimizing storage assets in this rapidly advancing energy landscape.
- Grid-Forming Requirements: Implications of new grid-forming requirements for batteries and their impact on project development and operational profiles
- Market Opportunities: Identifying emerging value streams and optimization strategies for energy arbitrage and ancillary services within ERCOT’s framework
- Operational Standards: Understanding performance standards and operational requirements specific to ERCOT’s battery storage assets
- Future Growth: Analysing regional deployment trends and opportunities for maximizing growth in ERCOT’s BESS market
- Discussing the upcoming Real-Time Co-Optimization + Batteries (RTC+B) project
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This expert panel brings together industry leaders to explore the critical factors that determine operational success in battery energy storage system (BESS) project development. As the energy transition accelerates globally, properly executed BESS projects are becoming essential components of a resilient, renewable-powered grid.
- Pre-development considerations that impact long-term operational performance
- Key technical specifications and design choices that maximize system reliability
- Strategies for effective stakeholder management throughout the development process
- Balancing upfront capital expenditure against lifecycle operational costs
- Regulatory compliance and permitting pathways that minimize operational risks
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Batteries are increasingly becoming co-located with other renewable assets. Presenting a whole host of both new opportunities and obstacles to navigate, the final session of day two looks at why batteries are being collocated, what benefits are there, and what are the major concerns?
- AC Coupled vs DC Coupled?
- How can designing your battery with colocation in mind streamline the process towards operations, and open up additional economic incentives?
- When pairing your batteries with colocation sites, how does design impact plans? I.e. how can you navigate different design life’s?
