BNEF finds 40% year-on-year drop in BESS costs
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Across global markets outside China and the United States, the total capex to build a long-duration (4 hours or more) utility-scale BESS project is around $125/kWh, of which around $75/kWh is for the core equipment shipped from China and around $50/kWh to install and connect the battery. A levelised cost of storage (LCOS) of $65/MWh.
Today, BESS's most significant revenue sources in Finland are frequency containment reserves (FCR-N, FCR-D up, and FCR-D down). Prices of FCR-N and FCR-D up have continuously increased for the past few years. Fingrid procures these reserves based on competitive bidding from the yearly and hourly markets.
It is nonetheless still eye-opening to note just how big those differences in cost are. The average for a turnkey system in China including 1-hour, 2-hour and 4-hour duration BESS was just US$101/kWh. In the US, the average was US$236/kWh and in Europe US$275/kWh, more than double China's average cost.
The need for BESS is exceptionally high in Finland because the country has set one of the world's most aggressive climate targets. The government has a legal obligation to reach carbon neutrality by 2035. Renewable energy sources account for over 50% of electricity production, and several renewable projects are being planned or developed.
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