Economics & Payback Analysis

Thermal storage stores energy, not money, and it only pays when the value of shifting energy in time exceeds the cost of the store and its losses. Because storage saves nothing on a flat tariff and its benefits are spread over years, the appraisal needs care. This closing lesson sets out the core economic logic, what to include on both sides, a worked cooling example, the plant-downsizing bonus that often clinches it, and how tariffs make or break the case.