Cycling, Degradation, and the 20-Year Asset: What the Data Actually Shows Separating OEM Promises From Field Reality

Date & Time September 16, 2026
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Location Grand Ballroom A

Track Battery Asset Management

Type Panel Discussion

How big is the gap between lab-tested and field-tested performance, and why are OEM degradation curves consistently optimistic?
Augmentation strategy: when is it more cost-effective to augment, and when have you simply over-cycled the asset?
How do cycling decisions made in year one affect capacity, warranty, and revenue in years ten through twenty?
What does a realistic 20-year performance model look like, and which assumptions are most frequently wrong at financial close?
Second-life use cases, field service after warranty expiry, and the emerging end-of-life economy: what should asset owners be planning for now?

Ofer Haiat, CFO, Shikun & Binui Energy
Shanay Kapadia, Senior Performance Engineer, Key Capture Energy
Samaksh Kr Sharma, Manager in Solar & Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Operations Engineering, RWE Americas LLC
Rohit Patil, Senior Director of Design Engineering, New Leaf Energy, Inc.