Our view on the latest developments in energy storage.
By Apricum Partner Charles Lesser, Louise Dalton, Partner, Energy & Climate Change, CMS and Rajiv Gogna, Partner, Energy Technology & Analytics, LCP. The British Isles are to utility-scale batteries as the Galapagos Islands are to tortoises: the isolated...
Apricum partner and head of energy storage Florian Mayr was a recent guest on The smarter E podcast, discussing the impact of sustainable batteries. What are the key sustainability concerns, how can they be addressed and what opportunities exist? Florian Mayr is...
2021 is already the year of the SPAC: they are awash with capital and eyeing the energy transition. With many clients being approached about SPAC mergers, Apricum sets out how they work and whom they suit. The overwhelming number of SPACs are listed in the USA, where...
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr and Apricum Consultant Dr. Fabio Oldenburg discuss the topic of long-duration energy storage and its role in the future of energy in this feature article appearing in volume 26 of PV Tech Power magazine. Read about the challenges and...
Apricum Partner Frank Beckers was asked recently by Energy-Storage.news to comment on sPower's announcement that it has closed a deal to finance its standalone lithium-ion battery project in California. Read the full article here ‘Landmark’ financing deal achieved for...
Looking through the other end of a telescope creates an unfamiliar and remote view, but distance can create valuable perspectives. Here we take an outsider’s perspective on renewables finance, to reveal opportunities for companies seeking to transition to cleaner...
Berlin, December 13, 2020 – Apricum, a transaction advisory and strategy consulting firm specialised in renewable energy and cleantech, announces the appointment of Charles Lesser as partner. He will focus on expanding Apricum’s transaction advisory mandates in...
The energy storage market is a landscape of heterogeneous “pockets of opportunities”, understanding this concept is key to success in energy storage.
Between five and more than 1,000 hours of energy discharge – that’s what the term “long-duration energy storage” encompasses in the industry today. It’s a pretty broad definition that covers a wide array of storage technologies, use cases and companies involved....
Fighting global climate change has become an undisputed imperative of our time, and renewable energy and e-mobility are key elements in this battle.
The ‘charging gap’ is widening”, Volkswagen’s head of e-mobility Thomas Ulbrich warned last week as the number of new electric vehicles (EVs) on the streets is increasingly outpacing available charging points. Based on the forecasted 2.5 to 4 million EVs and plug-in...
Germany is considered to be a “storage policy laggard” compared to markets like the UK, USA and China, with PCR appearing to be the only market scheme attractive for utility-scale storage in place.