Valley electricity price energy storage

How much does electricity cost in a valley?

Table 1 shows the peak-valley electricity price data of the region. The valley electricity price is 0.0399 $/kWh, the flat electricity price is 0.1317 $/kWh, and the peak electricity price is 0.1587 $/kWh. The operation cycles (charging-discharging) of the Li-ion battery is about 5000–6000.

What is the value of energy storage?

The value of energy storage is that the prosumer will store part of the surplus generation and use it for their own use when the electricity price is high.

What is the difference between Peak-Valley electricity price and flat electricity price?

Among the four groups of electricity prices, the peak electricity price and flat electricity price are gradually reduced, the valley electricity price is the same, and the peak-valley electricity price difference is 0.1203 $/kWh, 0.1188 $/kWh, 0.1173 $/kWh and 0.1158 $/kWh respectively. Table 5. Four groups of peak-valley electricity prices.

How many provinces have a peak to Valley electricity price difference?

The State Grids and China Southern Power Grids of 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities announced the electricity tariffs for industrial and commercial users in December 2021. According to the statistics, 14 provinces and cities have a peak to valley electricity price difference that exceeds 0.7 yuan/kWh.

Can user-side energy storage projects be profitable?

At present, user-side energy storage mainly generates income through the arbitrage of the peak-to-valley electricity price difference. This means that if the peak to valley price difference is higher than the levelized cost of using storage (LCUS), energy storage projects can be profitable.

What is energy storage for prosumers?

Due to the differences between residential and industrial & commercial users (both in terms of prices and load characteristics like voltage classes), energy storage for prosumers is only considered to be traded with similar users and the price is set according to the peak of the grid sales price.