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Abstract: Owners of renewable energy resources (RES) often choose to invest in energy storage for joint operation with RES to maximize profitability. Standalone entities also invest in energy storage systems and use them for arbitrage. In this paper we examine how these two forms of ownership affect the value of energy storage.
Where a profitable application of energy storage requires saving of costs or deferral of investments, direct mechanisms, such as subsidies and rebates, will be effective. For applications dependent on price arbitrage, the existence and access to variable market prices are essential.
Although academic analysis finds that business models for energy storage are largely unprofitable, annual deployment of storage capacity is globally on the rise (IEA, 2020). One reason may be generous subsidy support and non-financial drivers like a first-mover advantage (Wood Mackenzie, 2019).
Building upon both strands of work, we propose to characterize business models of energy storage as the combination of an application of storage with the revenue stream earned from the operation and the market role of the investor.
Investment in energy storage can enable them to meet the contracted amount of electricity more accurately and avoid penalties charged for deviations. Revenue streams are decisive to distinguish business models when one application applies to the same market role multiple times.
The model shows that it is already profitable to provide energy-storage solutions to a subset of commercial customers in each of the four most important applications—demand-charge management, grid-scale renewable power, small-scale solar-plus storage, and frequency regulation.
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Here we first present a conceptual framework to characterize business models of energy storage and systematically differentiate investment opportunities.
The NPV is a great financial tool to verify profitability and overall safety margin between storage as it accounts for many different factors and is lifetime independent. The IRR provides insight …
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The model shows that it is already profitable to provide energy-storage solutions to a subset of commercial customers in each of the four most important applications—demand-charge management, grid-scale renewable …
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The model shows that it is already profitable to provide energy-storage solutions to a subset of commercial customers in each of the four most important applications—demand …
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There are three main ways that grid-scale energy storage resources (ESR''s) can make money: energy price arbitrage, ancillary grid services, and resource adequacy. Energy Price Arbitrage. …
Diversify energy storage revenue streams by exploring various market opportunities such as residential, commercial, and utility-scale energy storage applications. …
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Owners of renewable energy resources (RES) often choose to invest in energy storage for joint operation with RES to maximize profitability. Standalone entities also invest in energy storage …