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What are the performance parameters of energy storage capacity?

Our findings show that energy storage capacity cost and discharge efficiency are the most important performance parameters. Charge/discharge capacity cost and charge efficiency play secondary roles. Energy capacity costs must be ≤US$20 kWh –1 to reduce electricity costs by ≥10%.

What is energy stored on invested (ESOIe) ratio?

The energy stored on invested (ESOIe) ratio of a storage device is the ratio of electrical energy it dispatches to the grid over its lifetime to the embodied electrical energy § required to build the device.24 ¶ We restate equation (1) as The denominator is the sum of the embodied energies of each individual component of the system.

Do charge power and energy storage capacity investments have O&M costs?

We provide a conversion table in Supplementary Table 5, which can be used to compare a resource with a different asset life or a different cost of capital assumption with the findings reported in this paper. The charge power capacity and energy storage capacity investments were assumed to have no O&M costs associated with them.

How does energy-to-power ratio affect battery storage?

The energy-to-power ratio (EPR) of battery storage affects its utilization and effectiveness. Higher EPRs bring larger economic, environmental and reliability benefits to power system. Higher EPRs are favored as renewable energy penetration increases. Lifetimes of storage increase from 10 to 20 years as EPR increases from 1 to 10.

What is the maximum energy-to-power ratio?

Note that the imposed maximum energy-to-power ratio of 1,000:1 is binding in 60 cases with high electrification in the Northern System and with very low discharge efficiencies (≤36% RTE) and an energy capacity cost of US$1 kWh −1 (Supplementary Fig. 17).

Why does the ESOI E ratio of storage in hydrogen exceed a battery?

The ESOI e ratio of storage in hydrogen exceeds that of batteries because of the low energy cost of the materials required to store compressed hydrogen, and the high energy cost of the materials required to store electric charge in a battery.