In the United States, the unsubsidized levelized cost of storage (LCOS) of utility-scale standalone systems with a generation capacity of 100 megawatts and a storage duration of four hours was estimated between 170 and 296 U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour in 2024. This in-front-of-the-meter energy storage technology accounted for the lowest mean unsubsidized LCOS in the country. By comparison, the mean unsubsidized LCOS of behind-the-meter residential systems was over four times larger.
Estimated unsubsidized levelized cost of storage of standalone energy storage systems in the United States in 2024, by technology
(in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)
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Lazard. (June 1, 2024). Estimated unsubsidized levelized cost of storage of standalone energy storage systems in the United States in 2024, by technology (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475371/us-unsubsidized-levelized-cost-of-energy-storage-by-technology/
Lazard. "Estimated unsubsidized levelized cost of storage of standalone energy storage systems in the United States in 2024, by technology (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)." Chart. June 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475371/us-unsubsidized-levelized-cost-of-energy-storage-by-technology/
Lazard. (2024). Estimated unsubsidized levelized cost of storage of standalone energy storage systems in the United States in 2024, by technology (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475371/us-unsubsidized-levelized-cost-of-energy-storage-by-technology/
Lazard. "Estimated Unsubsidized Levelized Cost of Storage of Standalone Energy Storage Systems in The United States in 2024, by Technology (in U.S. Dollars per Megawatt-hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475371/us-unsubsidized-levelized-cost-of-energy-storage-by-technology/
Lazard, Estimated unsubsidized levelized cost of storage of standalone energy storage systems in the United States in 2024, by technology (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475371/us-unsubsidized-levelized-cost-of-energy-storage-by-technology/ (last visited June 08, 2025)
Estimated unsubsidized levelized cost of storage of standalone energy storage systems in the United States in 2024, by technology (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour) [Graph], Lazard, June 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475371/us-unsubsidized-levelized-cost-of-energy-storage-by-technology/
