In commercial/industrial and utility microgrids, soft costs (43% and 24%, respectively) represent significant portion of the total costs per megawatt. Finally, energy storage contributes significantly to the total cost of commercial and community microgrids, which have percentages of 25% and 15%, respectively, of the total costs per megawatt.
The control system for the smaller microgrid will likely cost less in real dollars but consume more of the overall project budget than the control system for the larger one. “Your control system may be a little less [costly] in smaller ones, but it’s going to be a much larger portion of the cost than in the larger one.
The analysis of total microgrid costs per megawatt shows that the community microgrid market has the lowest mean, at $2.1 million/MW of DERs installed; followed by the utility and campus markets, which have mean costs of $2.6 million/MW and $3.3 million/MW, respectively. Finally, the commercial market has the highest average cost, at $4 million/MW.
The U.S. Department of Energy commissioned the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to complete a microgrid cost study and develop a microgrid cost model. The goal is to elucidate the variables that have the highest impact on costs as well as potential areas for cost reduction. This study consists of two phases.
True, larger microgrids will likely be more expensive than smaller microgrids — but in gross terms, not necessarily on a per kilowatt basis. In fact, generation for a very small microgrid tends to cost more per kilowatt than a comparable larger version. For example, a 50-kW solar array is more expensive per kilowatt than 1-MW solar array.
The NREL microgrid cost database contains 40%–50% of the capacity reported in the databases by Navigant Research and GTM. In this report, energy storage capacity is included in quantities of generation capacity. To mirror the categories from Navigant Research and GTM, the utility category in NREL’s database was combined with the community category.
• Microgrid controller costs reported in the database per megawatt range from $6,200/MW to $470,000/MW, with a mean of $155,000/MW. • The soft cost category exhibits a high degree …
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Cost break-downs include 30-45 percent for energy resources; 20 percent for switchgear protection and transformers; 10-20 percent for …
A 2018 study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that microgrids for commercial and industrial customers in the US cost about $4 million/MW, …