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.

Is energy storage a good investment?

Imbalances, in return, are driven by more renewables. Energy storage is therefore well-positioned for an electricity market dominated by renewables and represents an interesting new asset class. It’s also a potential hedge for players who already have classic renewable portfolios.

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.

Is energy storage a price-taker?

Energy storage can provide a range of revenue streams for investors in electricity markets. However, as their deployments continue to rise, storage will no longer be a player on the sidelines and remain a price-taker, rather, these assets will start to impact prices.

Can multiple energy storage investors invest in heterogeneous storage technologies?

Our work studies the strategic investment behavior among multiple energy storage investors in CAISO. These investors can choose to invest in heterogeneous storage technologies. At the beginning of an investment horizon, each investor decides the invested energy and power capacities.

What is the value of energy storage?

1. Introduction The value of energy storage has been well catalogued for the power sector, where storage can provide a range of services (e.g., load shifting, frequency regulation, generation backup, transmission support) to the power grid and generate revenues for investors .