Die Preise für Utility-Scale-Batterien liegen bereits unter den aggressivsten Schätzungen des Energieministeriums für 2050 (von Mitte 2023).

“In June 2023 NREL, a national laboratory under the U.S. Department of Energy, released a report entitled [Cost Projections for Utility-Scale Battery Storage: 2023 Update](https://research-hub.nrel.gov/en/publications/cost-projections-for-utility-scale-battery-storage-2023-update) that projected the capital costs of 4-hour duration utility scale battery systems through 2050. In their most aggressive projection the price of storage reached $159/kWh by 2050.”

Now the prices are below $150/kWh. The massive build out of the Chinese EV industry seems to have led to massive price declines in batteries making them a more and more economical pair with solar energy generation.