This statistic depicts the levelized cost of in-front-of-the-meter energy storage in 2019, by sector. In that year, the unsubsidized levelized cost of energy storage used in utility-scale systems ranged between 102 and 139 U.S. dollars per megawatt hour.
Unsubsidized levelized cost of in-front-of-the-meter energy storage worldwide in 2019, by sector
(in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour)
Analysis assumes 20% debt at an 8% interest rate and 80% equity at a 12% cost of equity.
* Given operational parameters for this case (i.e., 25 cycles per year), levelized metrics are not comparable between this and other use cases presented.
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Lazard. (November 6, 2019). Unsubsidized levelized cost of in-front-of-the-meter energy storage worldwide in 2019, by sector (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/952461/levelized-cost-in-front-of-the-meter-energy-storage-by-sector/
Lazard. "Unsubsidized levelized cost of in-front-of-the-meter energy storage worldwide in 2019, by sector (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour)." Chart. November 6, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/952461/levelized-cost-in-front-of-the-meter-energy-storage-by-sector/
Lazard. (2019). Unsubsidized levelized cost of in-front-of-the-meter energy storage worldwide in 2019, by sector (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/952461/levelized-cost-in-front-of-the-meter-energy-storage-by-sector/
Lazard. "Unsubsidized Levelized Cost of In-front-of-the-meter Energy Storage Worldwide in 2019, by Sector (in U.S. Dollars per Megawatt Hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/952461/levelized-cost-in-front-of-the-meter-energy-storage-by-sector/
Lazard, Unsubsidized levelized cost of in-front-of-the-meter energy storage worldwide in 2019, by sector (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/952461/levelized-cost-in-front-of-the-meter-energy-storage-by-sector/ (last visited January 08, 2025)
Unsubsidized levelized cost of in-front-of-the-meter energy storage worldwide in 2019, by sector (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour) [Graph], Lazard, November 6, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/952461/levelized-cost-in-front-of-the-meter-energy-storage-by-sector/
