The data displays the installed cost and annual operation and maintenance (O&M) costs of energy storage technologies in remote microgrids, as of the third quarter of 2016, broken down by battery type. At this time, lithium ion batteries used in utility-scale projects had an installation cost of 2,062 USD per kilowatt.
Flow battery - utility-scale | 2300.2 | 31.1 |
Flow battery - distributed | 2874.4 | 34.5 |
Advanced lead-acid - utility-scale | 2903.5 | 66.2 |
Advanced lead-acid - distributed | 3284.5 | 66.8 |
Lithium ion - utility-scale | 2062 | 47.3 |
Lithium ion - distributed | 2150.3 | 50.8 |