Energy Storage Investment and Operation in Efficient Electric Power Systems

Cristian Junge, Dharik Mallapragada and Richard Schmalensee

The Energy Journal, 2022, vol. 43, issue 6, 1-24

Abstract: We consider welfare-optimal investment in and operation of electric power systems with constant returns to scale in multiple available generation and storage technologies under perfect foresight. We extend a number of classic results on generation, derive conditions for investment and operations of storage technologies described by seven cost/performance parameters, and develop insights on power systems with multiple storage technologies. Simulation of a deeply decarbonized “Texas-like†power system with two available storage technologies shows both the non-existence of simple “merit-order†rules for storage operation and the value of frequency domain analysis to describe efficient operation. Our analysis points to the critical role of the capital cost of energy storage capacity in influencing efficient storage investment and operation.

Keywords: Electricity; Storage; Efficiency; Optimality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.5547/01956574.43.6.cjun

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