Unprecedented market conditions increase prices of BESS
Note: Li-ion batteries = By far the most common type of BESS (battery energy storage systems).
Significant increases in battery prices due to commodity price inflation, supply chain constraints have forced California utility PG&E to increase the prices it will pay for 2GWh of battery storage projects.
“Explaining the move, PG&E said that after the contracts were executed developers brought “concerns regarding unprecedented changed market conditions which render the projects uneconomical””
https://www.energy-storage.news/unprecedented-market-conditions-force-pge-to-up-price-on-2gwh-of-battery-storage-contracts/