Energy Storage Investment Awards 2026

This award recognises a developer creating impactful energy storage investment projects and making them a reality over the past 12 months.

This award celebrates an outstanding Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractor that has demonstrated industry-leading excellence in the delivery of energy storage projects over the past year. 

The award will be presented to the financial adviser showing the strongest evidence of financial innovation on transactions and/or advisory work in relation to energy storage investment.

This award will be presented to an exceptional advisory firm, insurance company or insurance broker that is setting the benchmark for excellence in insurance and risk management in the energy storage sector. 

This award recognises the energy storage integrator that is setting the industry standard for excellence, innovation and delivery. 

This award recognises an exceptional investment manager who has played a defining role in accelerating the global energy transition through leadership in energy storage

Please note: The Investment Manager of the Year award recognises an entity that invests, or predominately invests, capital owned by other entities. 

This award will be presented to an investor that can provide the most compelling evidence of an energy storage investment strategy being successfully implemented in the deployment of equity. 

Please note: The 'Investor of the Year' award (Group A) recognises an entity that puts capital they own into an asset.

The award will be presented to the law firm showing the most extensive knowledge, expertise, and dedication to energy storage investment across transactions and/or advisory work. 

This award will be presented to the banking institution that provides the most compelling evidence of a lending strategy for global energy storage projects being implemented.

This award will be presented to the company that has delivered the best BESS optimisation performance for clients in the last year.

This award celebrates a commercially operational, impactful technology or advisory led start-up company that is enabling and unlocking rapid future energy storage sector growth.

The award will be presented to the technical adviser showing the strongest evidence of innovative technical advice on energy storage transactions and/or advisory work.

This award recognises companies that closed or advised on a sensational equity deal involving an energy storage project.

This award will recognise a defining merger, acquisition, or strategic investment from the last 12 months that set the pace for the energy storage sector. 

Celebrating commercially significant standalone or co-located energy storage project finance deals that have demonstrably moved the industry forward over the past 12 months.  This year we have split this category into three separate awards to better showcase the role played by developers, investors, or advisors. 

Celebrating commercially significant standalone or co-located energy storage project finance deals that have demonstrably moved the industry forward over the past 12 months. This year we have split this category into three separate awards to better showcase the role played by developers, investors, or advisors. 

This award recognises a company that has successfully led, developed and closed an innovative M&A deal in the UK or European Union that has significantly contributed to the advancement of the energy storage sector. This year we have split this category into three separate awards to better showcase the role played by developers, investors, or advisors.  

Recognising the technology innovators that are introducing fresh thinking and innovation to the energy storage market and, in doing so, are extracting more value from batteries and other energy storage assets and enabling the market to unlock future efficiencies. 

This award will recognise a standout innovation that is reshaping how the issue of safety is addressed in the energy storage sector. This award celebrates a best-in-class technology, product, or system that elevates safety from a basic requirement to a strategic advantage, in doing so protecting assets, people, and communities while accelerating confidence in energy storage deployment.

This award recognises an individual lawyer whose legal skills have made an outstanding contribution to the energy storage sector. 

This award recognised a senior industry executive or long-standing representative of the energy storage industry (still working in the sector) who has a career-long track record of leading major advancements in the industry.

Recognising professionals with more than 2 years of experience within energy storage and less than 7 years of professional experience more generally.  This award recognises an individual who is achieving great results and in doing so, are demonstrably moving the industry forward.

This award recognises developers that have successfully brought a hybrid project to the market, specifically an energy storage asset combined with a renewables generation project, such as a solar or wind farm, for example, or are responsible for such a project in development/construction that has reached a final investment decision. The winning project should ideally demonstrate the accomplished handling of a high level of development complexity and sophistication. 

This award recognises developers that have successfully brought a long-duration energy storage project to the market, or are responsible for such a project in development/construction that has reached a final investment decision. The winning project should ideally demonstrate the accomplished handling of a high level of innovation and/or development complexity and sophistication. 

This award recognises developers that have successfully brought a standalone storage project to the market, specifically an energy storage that is not directly connected to a power generating asset or are responsible for such a project in development/construction that has reached a final investment decision. The winning project should ideally demonstrate the accomplished handling of a high level of development complexity and sophistication. 

This award recognises developers that have successfully brought a hybrid project to the market, specifically an energy storage asset combined with a renewables generation project, such as a solar or wind farm, for example, or are responsible for such a project in development/construction that has reached a final investment decision. The winning project should ideally demonstrate the accomplished handling of a high level of development complexity and sophistication.