Profits from investing in energy storage power stations
Why should you invest in energy storage? Investment in energy storage can enable them to meet the contracted amount of electricity more accurately and avoid penalties charged for
While energy storage is already being deployed to support grids across major power markets, new McKinsey analysis suggests investors often underestimate the value of energy storage in their business cases.
According to BloombergNEF (BNEF), more than $262 billion of investment will be needed for stationary energy storage by 2030. BNEF's 2021 Global Energy Storage Outlook projects significant growth in this sector, with Yayoi Sekine, the firm's head of decentralized energy, stating that 'this is the energy storage decade'.
Evaluating potential revenue streams from flexible assets, such as energy storage systems, is not simple. Investors need to consider the various value pools available to a storage asset, including wholesale, grid services, and capacity markets, as well as the inherent volatility of the prices of each (see sidebar, “Glossary”).
Such complexity means the expected economic returns are often undervalued, especially if shortcuts are taken to simplify the analysis. Adopting a holistic approach that considers all revenue streams across a broad range of external events could improve the outlook of energy storage returns.
Ancillary services that stabilize the power grid typically represent 50 to 80 percent of the full storage revenue stack of energy storage assets deployed today. This is observed across multiple mature storage markets but is expected to decrease to less than 40 percent by 2030.
The use of stochastic models, coupled with innovative commercial strategies, could help operators better assess the potential of these assets—enhancing business cases and supporting the continued acceleration of the energy transition. How relevant and useful is this article for you?

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