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For battery storage technologies in particular, safety requirements should adequately address fire risks. Battery fires for utility-scale systems can be especially dangerous, and those concerns are only compounded as battery chemistries evolve to incorporate higher-energy densities and operate at higher temperatures.
This is particularly true for battery energy storage, which has a relatively small footprint and can often be developed by utilities on utility-owned land that is immediately adjacent to substations and where such energy storage resources may have incremental value in terms of deferring upgrades.
Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Prices See Largest Drop Since 2017, Falling to $115 per Kilowatt-Hour, BloombergNEF (Dec. 10, 2024) Id. Id. U.S. Storage Energy Monitor, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables/American Clean Power Association, at 3 (Dec. 2022).
Another year of growth in the utility-scale storage market also marked a second consecutive year of record lows in the installed cost of lithium-ion batteries. However, trade actions and changes to tax policy have the potential to increase costs and dampen short-term growth.
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