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Can energy storage technologies help a cost-effective electricity system decarbonization?

Other work has indicated that energy storage technologies with longer storage durations, lower energy storage capacity costs and the ability to decouple power and energy capacity scaling could enable cost-effective electricity system decarbonization with all energy supplied by VRE 8, 9, 10.

Should energy storage be co-optimized?

Storage should be co-optimized with clean generation, transmission systems, and strategies to reward consumers for making their electricity use more flexible. Goals that aim for zero emissions are more complex and expensive than net-zero goals that use negative emissions technologies to achieve a reduction of 100%.

Which energy storage technologies have low energy capacity costs?

Mechanical energy storage technologies, such as pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES) and compressed air energy storage (CAES), tend to have low energy capacity costs where suitable topography or underground caverns are available (e.g., very large reservoirs or caverns).

What are the performance parameters of energy storage capacity?

Our findings show that energy storage capacity cost and discharge efficiency are the most important performance parameters. Charge/discharge capacity cost and charge efficiency play secondary roles. Energy capacity costs must be ≤US$20 kWh –1 to reduce electricity costs by ≥10%.

What are the benefits of low carbon technologies?

Low carbon technologies, such as nuclear, hydro, solar, and wind power, have shown competitiveness and resilience, leading to higher market shares. These technologies contribute to setting the global decarbonization in motion.

What is low carbon and clean electricity?

Low carbon and clean electricity, as referred to in the text, include renewable and nuclear energy.