Should investors invest in energy storage technology?

For those who decide to invest, limited and declining revenue prospects could lead to competing strategies of energy storage investment and operation, where investors opt for technologies with specific technical attributes in the competitive market.

What are the factors affecting energy storage technology investment?

In addition, there are also many uncertain factors in technological innovation and market related to energy storage technology investment. On the one hand, Technological innovations appear at random points in time and investors are unable to make decisions between adopting existing and new technologies.

How to choose the best energy storage investment scheme?

By solving for the investment threshold and investment opportunity value under various uncertainties and different strategies, the optimal investment scheme can be obtained. Finally, to verify the validity of the model, it is applied to investment decisions for energy storage participation in China's peaking auxiliary service market.

What is a continuous investment strategy for energy storage technologies?

For current energy storage technologies, the continuous strategy can significantly shorten the investment timing and enable investors to adopt the storage technology as early as possible; therefore, when new technologies are unavailable, the continuous investment strategy is the best choice.

Should energy storage investors and policymakers consider incentive policies?

Furthermore, the findings of this study are particularly helpful for energy storage investors and policymakers, not only in China but also in other countries. For example, before designing incentive policies for the energy storage industry, policymakers should consider the intended effect of policy interventions on their targets.

Are investors allowed to deploy different energy storage technologies?

Investors are allowed to deploy different energy storage technologies. Analytically, we show that an increasing number of investors will increase the market competition thereby reducing profits while increasing the total capacity of storage deployed.