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AleaBattery

Revenue and profitability calculation for BESS projects and hybrid renewable energy projects

AleaSoft platform for analysing stand-alone batteries and hybrid projects with solar and wind plants based on long-term hourly simulations, taking into account battery operation, degradation and replacement.

Results of an AleaBattery profitability study for a solar plant
Comprehensive analysis

From project design to profitability

A platform for assessing technical and economic alternatives with a combined view of revenue, operation and financing.

Estimate revenue

Analyses wholesale market arbitrage and ancillary services, with annual results broken down by source.

Size and compare

Compares power, duration and battery configurations and, in solar hybrids, identifies the sizing with the highest net return.

Assess profitability

Calculates IRR, payback period and debt service coverage ratio (DSCR), together with cash flows and financing metrics.

Applications for BESS projects

AleaBattery can be used to study stand-alone storage and hybrid systems with renewable generation.

Stand-alone batteries

Arbitrage and ancillary services revenue from a battery connected directly to the grid.

Solar photovoltaic + battery

Photovoltaic energy production, grid connection capacity and storage, with a search for the optimal battery size.

Wind energy + battery

Wind energy production, storage and revenue integrated into a single long-term study.

Study configuration

Build the analysis from the project's actual parameters

The wizard guides you through defining the scenario, the plant and the battery. You can enter exact coordinates or production data from a PVsyst report and add financial model parameters before running the calculation.

  • Country, scenario and base year selection
  • Solar or wind plant configuration
  • Power, capacity, efficiency, degradation and replacement
  • Manual sizing or automatic search in hybrid solar projects
AleaBattery study creation wizard
Analysis workflow

From asset configuration to comparing alternatives

The information is structured to move from technical parameters to revenue and the economic assessment of the project.

01

Configure

Define the market, scenario, plant, battery, grid connection and cycling strategy.

02

Simulate

Simulate battery operation based on hourly data, taking into account degradation, replacements and energy flows.

03

Evaluate

Analyse annual revenue and profitability results, including P10–P90 ranges, IRR and DSCR.

04

Compare

Set studies and configurations side by side to identify the most suitable alternative.

AleaBattery revenue charts
Revenue and operation

Annual revenue broken down by source, with its uncertainty range

Analyse annual revenue results and their breakdown by source over the study horizon.

  • Wholesale market arbitrage and the cost of charging from the grid.
  • Secondary regulation and tertiary regulation, with results net of activations and penalties.
  • Renewable plant revenue and exported energy.
  • Annual results for revenue, energy and the evolution of the battery's state of health.
Financial model

From revenue to project profitability

Complete the analysis with a financial model that calculates project and equity IRR, payback period and debt service coverage ratio (DSCR), with minimum and average values.

  • Investment (CAPEX) and operating (OPEX) costs, depreciation, inflation and taxation.
  • Up to three debt tranches with their terms and debt service schedules.
  • Additional revenue from the capacity market, PPA or tolling.
  • Cash flows, debt coverage and comparison of financing configurations.
AleaBattery financial model

Everything you need to assess a storage project

Features that bring the analysis closer to the asset's actual configuration and make it possible to compare alternatives.

Optimal sizing

In solar hybrids, compares power and duration combinations to identify the one with the highest net return, with adjustable CAPEX and OPEX.

How much does the battery add?

Generates the same study without a battery and compares the results to quantify the net contribution of storage to the hybrid project.

Renewable energy production tailored to the project

Uses AleaSoft production scenarios, the plant's exact coordinates or production data from a PVsyst report.

A realistically modelled battery

Takes into account efficiency, per-cycle degradation, cycling strategies, grid charging, connection limits and replacements with their cost.

Study comparison

Compares several alternatives through revenue ranking, cumulative evolution, breakdown by source, energy and other project indicators.

Results ready to use

Download tables in Excel or CSV, charts and PDF reports with the technical, economic and financial results of the study.

AleaSoft forecasts

Long-term hourly simulations as the basis of the analysis

AleaBattery draws on AleaSoft's long-term hourly price simulations, ancillary service prices and renewable energy production scenarios. As a result, the BESS analysis starts from a market view consistent with the lifetime of the project.

Hourly pricesBESSP10–P90IRRDSCRCAPEX / OPEXPPATolling
Long-term scenarios
Conceptual illustration of scenarios

Frequently asked questions

Some of the questions AleaBattery can address when analysing a project.

What revenue can AleaBattery analyse?

Wholesale market arbitrage, secondary regulation, tertiary regulation and voltage control. In hybrid studies, it also includes the revenue of the renewable plant and, in the financial model, capacity market, PPA or tolling revenue can be added.

Which financial metrics does it calculate?

It includes project and equity IRR, payback period and debt service coverage ratio (DSCR), as well as cash flows and debt schedules.

Can it analyse stand-alone batteries and hybrid systems?

Yes. The platform can study stand-alone batteries, hybrid projects with solar plants and hybrid projects with wind farms.

Can I use my project's production data?

Yes. For solar projects, you can work with exact coordinates or import production from a PVsyst report, in addition to the production scenarios available in AleaBattery.

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