Safety, Security & Sustainability – Aiming High Despite Huge Cost Pressure

Recording from Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | Battery Business & Development Forum | Language: English | Duration: 72:29 .

Ensuring high technical and operational standards for BESS systems is essential to maintain and increase bankability, particularly in the context of strong cost pressure and rapid market growth across Europe. As investors and lenders increasingly scrutinise project risks, transparent technical due diligence, robust design practices, and clear risk mitigation frameworks become critical. While formal standardisation plays an important role, it takes time to develop and implement. In the meantime, effective knowledge sharing and industry guidelines are critical to reflect current best practices and lessons learned across the BESS value chain. This session highlights key technical and risk-related considerations impacting BESS bankability. The discussion will underline how shared knowledge can reduce perceived risks, support informed investment decisions, and strengthen confidence among financiers, insurers, and project developers contributing both to reliable BESS deployment today and to future standardisation efforts.

Speaker

Carmen Kompatscher
Strategy Manager Fluence

Dimitar Dimitrov
Business Development Manager
Renewable Energy Insurance Broker

Elias Garcia Goma
Senior Technical Advisor Supply Chain
STS Certified

Sarah Montgomery
CEO and Co-founder
Infyos

Christina Huber
Senior Policy Advisor on Sustainability
SolarPower Europe

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