Container energy storage battery cost analysis

What are base year costs for utility-scale battery energy storage systems?

Base year costs for utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESSs) are based on a bottom-up cost model using the data and methodology for utility-scale BESS in (Ramasamy et al., 2023). The bottom-up BESS model accounts for major components, including the LIB pack, the inverter, and the balance of system (BOS) needed for the installation.

Are battery storage Investments economically viable?

It is important to examine the economic viability of battery storage investments. Here the authors introduced the Levelized Cost of Energy Storage metric to estimate the breakeven cost for energy storage and found that behind-the-meter storage installations will be financially advantageous in both Germany and California.

Are battery storage costs based on long-term planning models?

Battery storage costs have evolved rapidly over the past several years, necessitating an update to storage cost projections used in long-term planning models and other activities. This work documents the development of these projections, which are based on recent publications of storage costs.

Do battery storage technologies use financial assumptions?

The battery storage technologies do not calculate levelized cost of energy (LCOE) or levelized cost of storage (LCOS) and so do not use financial assumptions. Therefore, all parameters are the same for the research and development (R&D) and Markets & Policies Financials cases.

How much does a battery-electric containership cost?

At battery prices of US$100 kWh −1, the TCP of a battery-electric containership is lower than that of an ICE equivalent over routes of less than 1,000 km—without considering the costs of environmental and health damages.

How long does a battery storage system last?

By optimizing the duration of the battery storage system, we obtain cost figures that are consistent with the recent widespread and increasing deployment of such storage systems. Earlier studies that arrived at substantially higher cost of storage have frequently fixed the duration at 2 or 4 h 20, 26.