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26/15 is the estimated cost per kwh. Really there is a huge variance, especially for pumped storage because because of highly variable capital cost.

Capital costs are in the 100s-1000s dollars for kw of pumped storage.[0]

[0]http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2014/ph240/galvan-lopez2/



Similarly for the batteries. If lithium-ion could be had for $0.26/kWh then a Tesla Model S battery would be $26.

As it stands, Tesla batteries are estimated to be around the $100/kWh level for individual cells and projected to fall below $100/kWh at the pack level in a couple of years [1].

[1] https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/09/100-kwh-tesla-battery-c...




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