Founded in Australia in 2021, Akaysha Energy has rapidly become one of the country’s largest build-own-operate battery energy storage systems (BESS) providers, with projects across Australia, Japan, the United States, and Germany.
The company brings together deep expertise in energy markets, capital markets, project development, and trading to maximize value across every stage of the BESS lifecycle.
Gurobi’s mathematical optimisation technology enables Akaysha to make faster, data-driven decisions across millions of market variables each day.
This helps the company improve both long-term revenue forecasting and real-time operational performance ensuring its battery assets deliver optimal returns in a dynamic energy market.
“Optimising a battery energy storage system in a dynamic energy market involves millions of decisions daily,” said Tim O’Sullivan, General Manager – Energy Market Software Development, Akaysha Energy.
“Gurobi gives us a robust framework to develop, test, and deploy optimization models that improve the speed and accuracy of our forecasting and performance assessments.”
By leveraging Gurobi, Akaysha has strengthened its ability to test sensitivities in project investment cases, assess risk-reward profiles for contracted positions, and analyse trading performance post-event—enabling continuous improvement across its global operations.
“We’re excited to support Akaysha Energy as they help shape the future of clean energy,” said Duke Perrucci, CEO of Gurobi Optimization.
“At Gurobi, our mission is to help organisations make better decisions. Our technology uses advanced mathematics to evaluate millions of possibilities and quickly find the best one—turning complexity into clarity so businesses can move faster and perform better.”
“For Akaysha Energy, that means using decision intelligence to optimize how their battery systems operate in dynamic market conditions—improving forecasting accuracy, refining trading strategies, and ensuring their assets deliver maximum value,” added Perrucci.
“It’s rewarding to see how our technology can support innovators like Akaysha in accelerating the clean energy transition.Together, Gurobi and Akaysha Energy are demonstrating how advanced optimization can improve the performance and reliability of renewable energy projects, supporting smarter and more efficient operations across the sector.
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