This guide explores the key strategies and options for securing energy storage financing, helping project owners and sponsors navigate the financial landscape effectively. Here are some key options: Non-recourse or Limited-recourse Debt: Lenders rely on the project's cash flows, typically secured by contracts like Power Purchase. Storage projects offer compelling returns through energy arbitrage, capacity market participation, and renewable energy support services. However, battery storage financing requires specialized expertise accounting for rapid technology evolution, degradation economics, and emerging regulatory. This Practice Note discusses changes to financing structures for battery storage projects after the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act. Energy storage projects are capital-intensive, requiring significant upfront investment in technology, infrastructure, and grid. Banks like Goldman Sachs and HSBC are now offering non-recourse loans specifically for BESS projects (Battery Energy Storage Systems). In 2023 alone, project financing for storage jumped 78% globally according to BloombergNEF. In this article, we will unpack some of the.