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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.

Can the US become a leader in electric battery storage?

Further government support is necessary to promote responsible R&D spending that enables serious cost reductions across solar, wind, and storage, while also decarbonizing electricity and transportation. The US has the opportunity to become a leader, not a laggard, in electric battery storage manufacturing and development.

What is long-duration energy storage (LDEs)?

Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is a potential solution to intermittency in renewable energy generation.

How can battery storage help reduce energy costs?

Simultaneously, policies designed to build market growth and innovation in battery storage may complement cost reductions across a suite of clean energy technologies. Further integration of R&D and deployment of new storage technologies paves a clear route toward cost-effective low-carbon electricity.

Do li-ion batteries affect discharge power capacity investments?

A comparable, fixed operations and maintenance (O&M) cost from Li-ion batteries was assumed to be associated with the discharge power capacity investments of LDES. Self-discharge losses and system degradation for LDES systems and Li-ion batteries were not modelled in this work.

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%.