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> This says that if you take free energy, store it in batteries, and pull it back out later, you will have to pay $187/MWh.

Yes, but with that cost you can repeat that thousands of times instead of just once.



Capex for lithium batteries is on the order of $100/kWh (kilo- not mega-). Other battery technologies will not be much better. You are confusing amortized cycle costs for capex costs.


Nope. That's capital cost, which is closer to $800/MWh. See page 11 of Lazard for details.

https://www.lazard.com/media/450774/lazards-levelized-cost-o...


sorry, that was a brainfart from me.




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