Foreword and acknowledgmentsThe Future of Energy Storage study is the ninth in the MIT Energy Initiative’s Future of series, which aims to shed light on a range of complex and vital issues involving
These 10 trends highlight what we think will be some of the most noteworthy developments in energy storage in 2023. Lithium-ion battery pack prices remain elevated, averaging $152/kWh.
Energy storage system costs stay above $300/kWh for a turnkey four-hour duration system. In 2022, rising raw material and component prices led to the first increase in energy storage system costs since BNEF started its ESS cost survey in 2017. Costs are expected to remain high in 2023 before dropping in 2024.
The extensive expansion of the application scenarios, the improvement of market regulations, and the dynamic changes in costs are the most important factors influencing the development of energy storage. In this section, we will conduct a specific research analysis on installed capacity and cost of EES technology in China.
The efficiency of converting stored energy back to electricity varies across storage technologies. Additionally, PHES and batteries generally exhibit higher round-trip efficiencies, while CAES and some thermal energy storage systems have lower efficiencies due to energy losses during compression/expansion or heat transfer processes. 6.1.3.
Costs are expected to remain high in 2023 before dropping in 2024. The energy storage system market doubles, despite higher costs. The global energy storage market will continue to grow despite higher energy storage costs, adding roughly 28GW/69GWh of energy storage by the end of 2023.