Opinions on energy storage industry subsidies

Are energy storage subsidy policies uncertain?

Subsidy policies for energy storage technologies are adjusted according to changes in market competition, technological progress, and other factors; thus, energy storage subsidy policies are uncertain. In this section, the investment decision of energy storage technology with different investment strategies under an uncertain policy is studied.

Do cities need a subsidy for energy storage?

Most cities do not have high profitability for energy storage to participate in peaking auxiliary services and urgently require policy subsidies. Specifically, under certain policy conditions, a subsidy of at least 0.0246 USD/kWh is necessary to motivate investors to invest effectively.

Will energy storage grow in 2023?

Global energy storage’s record additions in 2023 will be followed by a 27% compound annual growth rate to 2030, with annual additions reaching 110GW/372GWh, or 2.6 times expected 2023 gigawatt installations. Targets and subsidies are translating into project development and power market reforms that favor energy storage.

How do energy storage policies affect the public?

The public is the recipient of the government’s energy storage policies, and their psychological perceptions and opinions of policies, that is, how they evaluate energy storage policies, will affect their wishes and behaviors.

Why is the energy storage industry not developing?

As a result, the implementation of the central energy storage policies in various localities lacked consistency and coordination. An external market environment conducive to the development of the energy storage industry has not yet been created. Second, there is still a lack of effective market mechanisms in energy storage industry.

Does public opinion influence energy storage policy development?

This paper combined public attitude and policy evolution to get attitudes on different development stages of energy storage policies, by comparing the opinion and the energy storage policy. It can be revealed the interaction between them as the government adopted public opinion when making the energy storage policy.