Batteries help solar connect, pricing still strong – pv magazine USA

NREL modeled solar-plus-storage as a mitigation tool to limit grid upgrade costs, and finds that for now, it’s still a better investment to build stand-alone solar. However, costs are close. April 15, 2022 John Fitzgerald WeaverIf you follow solar, you know that interconnection – costs. Time frames and viability are chief among project development challenges.Government researchers studying the costs of adding batteries to save upgrades to the power grid when installing solar power have released data suggesting that in today’s wholesale market, small scale solar-plus-storage can’t compete financially with standalone solar. However, when just a few hundred thousand dollars of interconnection costs are introduced, the viability begins to tilt toward batteries.The document — produced by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) – Use of…

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