Energy storage arbitrage value

How does energy arbitrage affect energy prices?

The growing penetration of renewable generation has increased the volatility of energy prices, especially in the real-time market. Energy storage owners collect revenues from this price variation by performing energy arbitrage. This paper develops a framework to determine the value of energy arbitrage in the real-time and day-ahead markets.

Do energy storage owners have an arbitrage profit maximization problem?

This paper proposes a stochastic formulation of a storage owner's arbitrage profit maximization problem under uncertainty in day-ahead and real-time market prices. For investments in energy storage to increase, participating in the market must become economically viable for owners.

Can energy storage systems generate arbitrage?

Conclusion Due to the increased daily electricity price variations caused by the peak and off-peak demands, energy storage systems can be utilized to generate arbitrage by charging the plants during low price periods and discharging them during high price periods.

What is the value of arbitrage?

Generally, except for the case of Nord Pool, the value of arbitrage compensates for the energy losses introduced by energy storage, producing net revenues ranging from €5–40/MW h.

Does arbitrage value maximize the energy trade strategy?

We show that, among all strategies tested, arbitrage value maximizes for the weekly back to back energy trade strategy. Moreover we estimate the optimum size of energy storage systems in terms of arbitrage value for each different electricity market and evaluate the potential of arbitrage to support investment in the sector.

Can arbitrage compensate for energy losses introduced by energy storage?

The arbitrage performance of PHS and CAES has also been evaluated in five different European electricity markets and the results indicate that arbitrage can compensate for the energy losses introduced by energy storage (Zafirakis et al., 2016).