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...
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Our view on the latest developments in energy storage.
The pockets of energy storage opportunity
The energy storage market is a landscape of heterogeneous “pockets of opportunities”, understanding this concept is key to success in energy storage.
Beneficial in the long run – challenges and opportunities for “longer-duration 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....
The horsepower driving the “decade of energy storage”
Fighting global climate change has become an undisputed imperative of our time, and renewable energy and e-mobility are key elements in this battle.
Buffered charging – how batteries can close the widening “charging gap”
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...
What’s in it for large-scale energy storage in Germany?
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.
Leaders in Cleantech Podcast: Episode 64, November 2020
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr was a guest on the "Leaders in Cleantech" podcast hosted by David Hunt. Tune in to this episode to hear him discuss the latest trends in energy storage demand, competitiveness and frameworks, business models, transactions as well as the...
Clouds, communities and virtual batteries: A look behind the curtain
Tesla’s plan to offer its own electricity tariffs moved forward in the UK at the end of October with the introduction of its “Tesla Energy Plan”. Participating homeowners with an installed solar system and a Powerwall storage unit are promised the lowest flat rate for...
pv magazine deutschland: Was lässt sich aus dem Boom in den USA lernen? September 2020
pv magazine Deutschland published an article exploring the solar plus storage boom in the USA and what Germany can learn from it. This article was based on Apricum's article "Storage at 20 USD/MWh? Breaking down the low-cost solar-plus-storage PPAs in the USA"...
Energy storage in a post-pandemic world: Taking stock and preparing for future success – Part Two
In the final part of this article, Florian Mayr completes his review of Covid-19’s longer-term impact on the third key driver of the energy storage market. He identifies the key mindset and behavioral shifts we expect to see in a post-pandemic world, and outlines how energy storage players can best adapt and respond.
The smarter E podcast with Florian Mayr, July 2, 2020
Not only has Florian Mayr, Apricum partner and head of energy storage, written about the longer-term effects of Covid-19 on the energy storage market here, he has also discussed it in an interview for ees Europe for their latest episode of the smarter E podcast....
Energy storage in a post-pandemic world: Taking stock and preparing for future success – Part One
What is the actual impact of Covid-19 on the energy storage market in the longer term? In the first of this two-part article, Florian Mayr provides the bigger picture of “energy storage vs the virus” by closely examining its effects on the first two of three key market drivers