Battery Energy Storage Solutions

Integrated solutions to save energy and boost your business

Helping Businesses Stay Ahead of the Curve

The growth of renewable energy means power grids need to become more flexible and resilient. As electrical systems are gradually becoming digital, we’re witnessing a rapid and radical transformation of the energy market, which is shifting to a decentralized system in which consumers generate the energy they need and offload the surplus onto the grid. Driven by these changing trends, battery energy storage is becoming a key technology to support the energy transition. Enel X Global Retail is among the leading global system integrators of behind-the-meter (BTM) Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), for a total installed capacity of 118.1 MW (behind-the-meter) at H1 2024. Our three turnkey solutions — Standalone Storage, Solar-plus-Storage and Microgrid — are designed around the needs and business priorities of commercial and industrial (C&I) customers, enabling them to lower electricity bills, improve sustainability across the supply chain, activate backup power to avoid disruptions to daily operations and generate revenues on flexibility markets. Regardless of the chosen solution, the key enabler of these benefits is Enel X Global Retail’s cutting-edge DER Optimization Software (DER.OS), which powers the BESS from behind the scenes. The software leverages sophisticated machine learning and AI algorithms to extract maximum value for the customer from the synergistic operations of the BESS, site loads and generation assets.

By 2050, almost 50% of global installed capacity will come from renewables.

By 2040, global electricity demand will rise by 60 percent.

By 2025, digital investments in the energy sector are set to reach $81 billion.

By 2030, two thirds of the world’s population will live in megalopoli with populations of more than 10 million.

Why Enel X?

Wider Experience

We have a consolidated technical, digital and financial track record of delivering Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) installations globally. Through our expertise, we offer tailor-made and market-specific BESS solutions, providing flawless operations and delivery of customer sided assets.

Through our expertise, we offer tailor-made and market-specific BESS solutions, providing flawless operations and delivery of customer sided assets. Additionally, thanks to our broad portfolio of integrated products, we can personalize our offer to optimize the benefits of our solutions.

Economic Savings

We enable businesses to lower their electricity bills by reducing supply costs through efficient consumption management thanks to our cutting-edge DER Optimization Software (DER.OS). Our BESS solutions allow C&I companies to store locally generated energy surplus from renewable sources for use at a later time, thus reducing the degree of dependency of a network facility while compensating for the intermittent nature of renewables.

Boost Sustainability

The Enel X BESS solutions allow for better integration into the power grid of renewable sources that are intermittent and non-programmable by nature, thus contributing to the achievement of sustainability goals and to the adoption of circular business models.

Improve Resiliency

We bolster businesses’ competitiveness and resiliency to tackle potential issues in energy supply. Specifically, our BESS solutions guarantee supply continuity by managing interruptions in the power grid.

Earn New Revenues

Thanks to its ability to rapidly and accurately modulate generated or absorbed power, a BESS can provide the power grid with a wide range of services (such as Demand Response programs, Capacity Markets and Ancillary Services), balancing its supply while reducing management costs. We enable C&I businesses to capture these new revenue streams through a variety of business models.

Customized Financing Options

Enel X offers six customized financing options with business models that address every type of investment and customer need to reduce costs and boost the energy transition without sacrificing performance, efficiency, resiliency and sustainability: Direct Sale, Benefit Share, Lease, Site Lease, Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and Hybrid Power Purchase Agreement (hPPA).

Our Battery Energy Storage Solutions

Standalone Storage

An independent energy storage system, through one or more batteries, which allows users to store electricity when it is cheaper, and dispatch it later when prices are higher. Standalone Storage enables C&I businesses to capitalize on energy volatility, prevent power outage and help to balancing the grid, thus enabling a higher penetration of renewables.

Photo of a field with solar panels and energy storage

Solar-plus-Storage

Pairing a solar photovoltaic system (PV) with a BESS allows C&I customers to extract added value from their on-site asset and access new revenue streams. The battery, indeed, stores the self-generated solar energy for later use, providing resiliency and backup power. Consequently, businesses can benefit from energy cost reduction, reach the highest sustainability value and maximize the on-site use of self-generated green electricity.

Aerial view of a building with solar panels on roof

Microgrid

Small-scale Distributed Energy Systems- usually composed of PV, storage and genset- allow the customer to self-produce energy on-site while being connected to the utility grid. It offers the highest degree of resiliency by ensuring power supply for the duration of an outage.

DER.OS

Our Distributed Energy Resources Optimization Software, based on Big Data, artificial intelligence and Machine Learning, is able to aggregate the energy management of multiple plants creating a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) that operates more efficiently and multiplies customer savings and profits.