Future year cost projections are derived from bottom-up benchmarking of utility-scale PV-plus-battery CAPEX and bottom-up engineering analysis of O&M costs, and future capacity factor
a primary driver of behind-the-meter PV plus storage economics. PV plus storage systems are more likely to provide positive returns at sites with time-varying rates and/ or high demand
This contrasts sharply with broad-market exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, like the iShares Russell 1000 ETF, which only allocates 3.4% to energy. This discrepancy is linked to the differing
Declining photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage costs could enable "PV plus storage" systems to provide dispatchable energy and reliable capacity. This study explores the technical and
Future year cost projections are derived from bottom-up benchmarking of utility-scale PV-plus-battery CAPEX and bottom-up engineering analysis of O&M costs, and future capacity factor estimates encompass a range of technology
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The decreasing costs of both PV and energy storage technologies have raised interest in the creation of combined "PV plus storage" power plants. In this study, we examine the tradeoffs
Federal agencies have a long history of using solar photovoltaics and battery storage (PV plus storage) systems at remote sites where the technologies can offset costly diesel fuel.
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a primary driver of behind-the-meter PV plus storage economics. PV plus storage systems are more likely to provide positive returns at sites with time-varying rates and/ or high demand
For a PV plus storage system, the storage increases the system’s net capacity credit by supplementing the PV output during periods of high net demand. The capacity credit of the storage system can be measured in a manner similar to measurement of the PV plant, by evaluating the power and energy capacity during the hours of peak net demand.
Identify key metrics useful for evaluating the technical and economic performance of PV plus storage systems Examine the tradeoffs among various PV plus storage configurations and quantify the impact of configuration on system net value. The report is structured as follows.
PV plus storage systems can have multiple configurations, depending on the degree of coupling and the sizing of components. Evaluating a specific configuration, from the system owner’s perspective, requires calculating the net value of the system via a detailed accounting of costs and benefits.
The PV energy revenue is simply the hourly PV output multiplied by the hourly price. For comparison, the revenue for the 50-MW solar plant on June 16 is $19,173, or about eight times that of the storage plant.
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In this report, we evaluate the economic performance of solar plus storage configurations by considering each system’s benefit/cost (B/C) ratio defined as dividing the annualized benefits (energy revenue and capacity value) by the annualized costs (capital and operating).
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