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Declining photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage costs could enable “PV plus storage” systems to provide dispatchable energy and reliable capacity. This study explores the technical and economic performance of utility-scale PV plus storage systems. Co-Located? AC = alternating current, DC = direct current.
Overall, “energy storage can provide key flexibility services, and support electricity system reliability, as Canada develops its abundant, untapped wind and solar energy resources,” said Olien. The full paper is available to download in English or French from CanREA’s website.
The base 50-MWAC PV system provides a capacity credit of 20 MWAC. Base storage system (30 MWAC) is assumed to have a 100% capacity credit based on rules in several independent system operator/regional transmission organization markets, including CAISO and Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO).
Capacity credit depends on coincidence of PV with net demand: 40% capacity credit assumed at 6% PV penetration in base case. Annualized avoided capacity cost of $149/kW is assumed based on an estimate of the financing and operations and maintenance (O&M) cost of a new combustion turbine in California.
Result is a total capacity value of $7.5 million/year. DC-coupling causes no decline in capacity value, because the PV capacity credit (20 MW) plus the storage capacity (30 MW) equals the inverter capacity of 50 MW. Independent, AC-coupled, and DC-coupled (flexible charging) storage receives 7-year MACRS (Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System).
In all cases the 30% ITC is applied to the PV portion of the system. Benefit/cost ratios are calculated by dividing annualized benefits by costs. The PV-only system has the highest benefit/cost ratio. These results follow historical trends that have resulted in very limited deployment of PV plus storage systems.
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