Battery Performance Index

The net revenue index for batteries estimates the annual revenue of an electricity storage asset located in France and operated using a multi-market strategy. For each month, the battery’s allocation and the associated profits are simulated based on actual market prices.

The result is then normalized to €/MW/year, assuming that the conditions of that month persist throughout the entire year.
This index thus highlights the direct financial impact of monthly market conditions on the performance of a storage asset. Although its calculation is based on several assumptions, these are derived from our operational expertise to ensure that the estimate is both relevant and realistic.

A detailed analysis of this index’s performance is published monthly in our newsletter.

Net income consists of the sum of the following items:

  1. Capacity mechanism; it is considered constant over the course of a year.
  2. Primary reserve: capacity, energy, and cost of correcting deviations.
  3. Secondary reserve: capacity revenue (upward and downward), energy revenue (upward and downward activation), and cost of correcting deviations.
  4. Wholesale markets: buying and selling on the day-ahead and intraday markets.
  5. TURPE: Variable TURPE Cost in HTB2 Short-Term Use

The calculation is performed sequentially: first, the allocation of battery capacity to FCR, aFRR, and day-ahead markets is calculated the day before for the following day. Then, in parallel for the current day, the battery is re-optimized financially, activated, and adjusted based on aFRR marginal prices and intraday prices.
The following assumptions are made to calculate the index:

  • Perfect forecast: FCR capacity prices, aFRR capacity prices (UP and DOWN), and day-ahead prices are known exactly in advance. Marginal prices, spread prices, and intraday prices are not.
  • Efficiency: 85% round-trip efficiency
  • Continuous SoC correction: When participating in SSYf, any activation is corrected as soon as possible.
  • No overlapping markets: At any given moment, the battery can participate in only one market. For example, it is not possible to allocate capacity to both the day-ahead market and the aFRR market within the same 15-minute interval.
  • No market impact: executed orders do not affect market prices

For a complete list of assumptions or a detailed index, please contact sales@stackease.ai.

Feb. 2026: 96 windows for grading.

October 2025: 15-minute intervals on the day-ahead market.

Jan 2025: Optimization using asymmetric aFRR instead of symmetric aFRR.