Solar
Energy Storage
Solar + Storage
Batteries and Storage
Energy Finance
Energy Storage Finance
About this course
Battery energy storage is no longer an emerging technology. It's a proven, bankable asset reshaping how energy is bought, sold, and valued across every market segment.
In this course, Wes Kennedy breaks down the real financial drivers behind residential, commercial, and utility-scale storage projects, from demand charge reduction and time-of-use arbitrage to virtual power plants and gigawatt-scale PPAs. You'll learn how to read a utility bill to size a system, how to stack multiple revenue streams to make a project pencil, and how to navigate the latest federal and state incentives, including the ITC adders and FEOC compliance rules under the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Solar installers, project developers, and anyone building a business around storage will come away with a practical financial framework for identifying the right markets and making the case to clients.
This course is also available as a module in Wes's "Comprehensive Solar Plus Storage".
Learning Objectives
- Explain how battery energy storage systems generate financial value across residential, commercial, and utility-scale applications, including demand charge reduction, time-of-use optimization, and grid services.
- Identify and apply key financial concepts such as levelized cost of storage, compound energy rate, and value stacking to evaluate the economics of a solar-plus-storage project.
- Navigate current federal incentives for energy storage, including the ITC, domestic content and energy community adders, bonus depreciation, and FEOC compliance requirements under the One Big Beautiful Bill.
- Recognize state-level incentive programs and market conditions that signal strong opportunities for energy storage deployment across residential and commercial segments.
- Evaluate financial structures for commercial and utility-scale projects, including offtake contracts, PPA models, and the growing role of energy storage in serving large power loads like AI data centers.
Course outline
2 modules
2 - 3 hours to complete
2:58 hours
of video lectures
Welcome • 9 assignments
Energy Storage Finance
Welcome • 9 assignments
Energy Storage Finance
This course is self-paced, so you don’t need to be logged in at any specific time. You can get started immediately after you enroll and the course materials will remain in your account with minimum guaranteed access for 12 months (1 year) after enrollment.
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Conclusion • 3 assignments
Feedback and Additional Resources
Conclusion • 3 assignments
Feedback and Additional Resources
This is our last module but you still have access to the all of course materials for 12 months (1 year), so keep working and you'll be able to complete the course at your own pace. After your year of access expires you can optionally extend access with a HeatSpring Membership. Enjoy the course and keep in touch!
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Author
Wes Kennedy
Principal, WeSolar plus
Wes has focused his career on design and application engineering in the solar PV plus energy storage deployment sector, currently with Dynapower Corporation. He managed sales engineering with Fronius inverters and was the senior application engineer for Blue Planet Energy's C&I sector and SMA America’s Hybrid Energy Solutions group. In these positions, project scope...
Frequently asked questions
Full FAQHow does this course work?
You can begin this online course instantly upon enrollment. This course is delivered entirely online. Pre-order courses are available on launch date. This course is self-paced and you can set your own schedule to complete the materials. You can begin the lecture videos and other course materials as soon as you enroll. After successfully completing the course, you will be able to generate a certificate of completion.
How long do I have access to the materials?
Students get unlimited access to the course materials as soon as they enroll and for one year (365 days) after enrollment. Rewatch videos and review assignments as many times as you want. View updates the instructor makes to the course as the industry advances. Return to your course anytime with online access from anywhere in the world. After the one year of access expires, access can be extended by joining HeatSpring Plus. Plus extends access to course materials for all past enrollments.
Is there a certificate of completion?
Yes, when you complete this course you are eligible for a certificate of completion from HeatSpring. You can download your certificate as soon as you have completed all of the course requirements. Students can easily share their verified certificates on their LinkedIn profiles using our LinkedIn integration.
Can I register multiple people?
Yes, please visit our For Teams page to get a group discount.
$395