Energy Storage Photovoltaic Battery Cost Analysis Chart

What are the benchmarks for PV & energy storage systems?

The benchmarks in this report are bottom-up cost estimates of all major inputs to PV and energy storage system installations. Bottom-up costs are based on national averages and do not necessarily represent typical costs in all local markets.

How much does a solar PV system cost?

• Stand-alone 100-MW DC PV system with one-axis tracking ($89 million) • Stand-alone 60-MW DC /240-MWh Usable , 4-hour-duration energy storage system ($90 million 19 ) • DC-coupled PV (100-MW DC ) plus storage (60-MW D/AC /240-MWh Usable , 4-hour-duration) system ($168 million) 19

What is PV and storage cost modeling?

This year, we introduce a new PV and storage cost modeling approach. The PV System Cost Model (PVSCM) was developed by SETO and NREL to make the cost benchmarks simpler and more transparent, while expanding to cover components not previously benchmarked.

What are the Q1 2021 PV and energy storage cost benchmarks?

Based on our bottom-up modeling, the Q1 2021 PV and energy storage cost benchmarks are those listed in Table ES-2: 1 Profit is one of the differentiators of “cost” (aggregated expenses incurred by a developer or installer to build a system) and “price” (what an end user pays for a system).

When will large-scale battery energy storage systems come online?

Most large-scale battery energy storage systems we expect to come online in the United States over the next three years are to be built at power plants that also produce electricity from solar photovoltaics, a change in trend from recent years.

How much energy does a battery storage system use?

The average for the long-duration battery storage systems was 21.2 MWh, between three and five times more than the average energy capacity of short- and medium-duration battery storage systems. Table 1. Sample characteristics of capital cost estimates for large-scale battery storage by duration (2013–2019)