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"This week’s article in
Renew Economy by Giles Parkinson on plummeting
battery prices got me thinking. CSIRO’s latest
GenCost report found that
batteries had decreased by over 20% in the past year, although this may be an
underestimate, as is usual in all things renewable.
Trina Solar’s new 2,600MWh battery in Kwinana WA appears to be coming in at
$300/kWh, although the article notes that more typical prices for large four
hour batteries are around $423/kWh, with the battery price making up $294 of
this.
Scale obviously matters, but these prices seem at odds with current domestic
scale home batteries which sit around $1000-1200/kWh, especially with the
Chinese supply glut mentioned in Giles’ article.
Enter the GWM Ora extended range, currently being offered in Perth for $26,490
drive away with a 63kWh LFP battery – that’s $420/kWh for the battery with the
rest of the car thrown in for free.
Could this car be used as an alternative to a home battery to support V2H/V2G,
as well as for running around town? The official Australian GWM site says not,
but a deeper dive is revealing."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
