How does the peak-to-valley price difference of energy storage come about

How much does electricity cost in a valley?

Table 1 shows the peak-valley electricity price data of the region. The valley electricity price is 0.0399 $/kWh, the flat electricity price is 0.1317 $/kWh, and the peak electricity price is 0.1587 $/kWh. The operation cycles (charging-discharging) of the Li-ion battery is about 5000–6000.

What is the difference between Peak-Valley electricity price and flat electricity price?

Among the four groups of electricity prices, the peak electricity price and flat electricity price are gradually reduced, the valley electricity price is the same, and the peak-valley electricity price difference is 0.1203 $/kWh, 0.1188 $/kWh, 0.1173 $/kWh and 0.1158 $/kWh respectively. Table 5. Four groups of peak-valley electricity prices.

When is energy storage investment profitable?

Assuming a peak-to-valley price difference of 0.7 yuan/kWh, an investment in energy storage becomes profitable when the price difference exceeds this threshold. Conversely, if the price difference falls below 0.7 yuan/kWh, energy storage investment may face the risk of financial loss. .

What is Peak-Valley price ratio?

The peak-valley price ratio adopted in domestic and foreign time-of-use electricity price is mostly 3–6 times, and even reach 8–10 times in emergency cases. It is generally believed that when the peak-valley price difference transcends 0.7 CNY/kWh, the energy storage will have the peak-valley arbitrage profit space (Li and Li, 2022).

How does a photovoltaic energy storage system work?

The distributed photovoltaic power releasing at the user side generally takes place when the sunlight is sufficient at noon. The energy storage system purchases surplus energy at on-grid price and obtains the corresponding income by selling at the peak price.

What happens when electricity price is high?

When the electricity price was high, the ESS discharged to the power grid, and the ESS obtained income through the price difference of energy storage and release. Dufo-López R. based on the Spanish electricity market to optimize the size and control of a grid-connected private ESS.