Finance landscape webinar
On 7 October 2025, the MENALINKS programme hosted a public webinar focused on exploring the finance landscape for smart grid and sector coupling projects in the MENA region. In a deep dive, we discussed with distinguished experts the required steps for creating bankable battery projects in countries of the MENA region – a key component for unlocking flexible energy systems that can integrate an increasing share of renewables.
The event brought together stakeholders from development banks, commercial banks, project developers, and government bodies to discuss bankability requirements, financing sources, and investment strategies for battery projects.
Watch the webinar on YouTubeThe MENALINKS programme invites project developers, investors, government representatives, NGOs and other interested stakeholders to a webinar exploring the finance landscape for smart grid and sector coupling projects in the MENA region with special focus on battery energy storage system (BESS) – a key component for unlocking flexible energy systems that can integrate an increasing share of renewables.
After presenting the general finance landscape for smart grid and sector coupling projects, based on a newly launched MENALINKS report, we take a deep dive into financing BESS. With distinguished experts we discuss the required steps for creating bankable BESS projects in countries of the MENA region.
What are instruments for financing BESS and other smart grid and sector coupling projects in MENA region?
What are key success factors for financing BESS projects?
What are lessons learnt from existing projects?
In this webinar we shed light on these questions from different perspectives of financiers, project developers and regulators.
The session includes:
Introduction to the MENALINKS programme
Overview of finance landscape for smart grid and sector coupling projects in MENA (launch of dedicated MENALINKS report)
Bankability dimensions of smart grid and sector coupling projects
Expert panel discussion on best-practices for creating bankable large-scale battery projects
Please refer to the programme above for more details about our speakers.
The webinar is part of MENALINKS’ finance workstream, which aims to improve access to finance for clean energy solutions by identifying investment barriers, promoting viable business models, and facilitating matchmaking between developers and financiers.