2 Day Masterclass in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

Revenue Stacking, Financial Modelling & Bankable Project Structuring

• Structure and model BESS projects with investor-grade rigour

• Optimise revenue stacking across energy, capacity and ancillary markets

• Build financial models that withstand lender and investor scrutiny

  Also relevant for data centres: Enhance resilience, optimise backup systems and monetise downtime using BESS.

Objectives | Your Trainer | Course Participants | How It Works

Course Objectives

• Structure commercially viable BESS and hybrid projects

• Optimise system design and dispatch economics

• Model revenue stacking across energy, capacity and ancillary markets

• Build financial models that meet lender and investor criteria

• Structure capital and financing instruments for bankability

• Quantify and allocate project risks to improve bankability

• Apply deal structuring techniques through model-driven case work

• Integrate technology, markets, and finance into investment-ready structures

Joachim Baumgaertner is a specialist in renewable energy project structuring, financial modelling and infrastructure finance.

He has supported the development and financing of utility-scale renewable and hybrid projects across international markets, advising developers, investors and financial institutions.

Joachim holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, an MPhil in Renewable Energy Systems from Loughborough University, and an MBA with Distinction from London Business School.

His approach combines technical depth with commercial structuring – ensuring that projects are not only optimised, but financeable.

This masterclass is designed for professionals responsible for structuring, financing, or evaluating battery and hybrid renewable projects.

You will leave with the tools to model, de-risk, and structure bankable BESS projects under real-world market conditions.

A wide variety of people to benefit, such as:

• Project Developers integrating BESS into hybrid and utility-scale projects

• Investment Analysts & Infrastructure Investors evaluating storage economics, risk and returns

• Energy and Utility Professionals assessing grid flexibility, market participation and dispatch value

• Bankers & Lenders reviewing capital structures and bankability metrics

• Corporate Strategy & Sustainability Leads structuring storage-backed procurement and decarbonisation strategies

• Engineers & Technical consultants linking system performance with financial viability

• IIPPs & Asset Managers optimising long-term revenue stacking and portfolio risk

• Data Center Owners & Operators enhancing resilience and monetising flexibility

• Policy & Regulatory Professionals shaping frameworks that enable storage deployment

• All 5Training programmes are delivered exclusively – either 1-to-1 or to a single organisation’s team.

• Delivered live online in an interactive, model-driven format

• 2 full days (9:00 - 16:00 UK time), adjustable for international teams

• Pre-course materials and modelling templates provided in advance

• Post-course certificate of completion issued to all participants