A Deep Dive Into Battery Supply Chain and Pricing
In this pv magazine webinar, CEA discuses battery energy storage system (BESS) pricing and the associated market drivers behind those price
Around the beginning of this year, BloombergNEF (BNEF) released its annual Battery Storage System Cost Survey, which found that global average turnkey energy storage system prices had fallen 40% from 2023 numbers to US$165/kWh in 2024.
The scale of the reduction suggests that in addition to the falling cost of batteries—BNEF's recent Lithium-ion Battery Price Survey found that battery pack prices fell 20% year-on-year to 2024, again the biggest drop recorded to date—energy storage system providers are working on cost reduction in other areas, Kikuma said.
A growing industry trend towards larger battery cell sizes and higher energy density containers is contributing significantly to falling battery energy storage system (BESS) costs.
According to BloombergNEF's recently published Energy Storage System Cost Survey 2024, the prices of turnkey energy storage systems fell 40% year-on-year from 2023 to a global average of US$165/kWh. The research firm said this was the highest annual drop since its survey launched in 2017.
Developer premiums and development expenses - depending on the project's attractiveness, these can range from £50k/MW to £100k/MW. Financing and transaction costs - at current interest rates, these can be around 20% of total project costs. 68% of battery project costs range between £400k/MW and £700k/MW.
A full BESS price of $66 per kWh is going to be a bit higher for an EV battery pack, but not that much. These are standard LFP cells, which means much lower likelihood of thermal runaway. Assuming they get to $80 per kWh for EV LFP battery packs, then the US tariff of 25% makes them about $100 per kWh.

In this pv magazine webinar, CEA discuses battery energy storage system (BESS) pricing and the associated market drivers behind those price
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Trend towards larger battery cell sizes and higher energy density containers is contributing significantly to falling BESS costs.
Lithium-ion battery prices have fallen 20% to US$115 per kWh this year, going below US$100 for electric vehicles (EVs), BloombergNEF said.
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