Applications of the levelized cost concept

Gunther Friedl; Stefan Reichelstein; Amadeus Bach; Maximilian Blaschke; Lukas Kemmer

doi:10.1007/s11573-023-01171-7

Applications of the levelized cost concept

Gunther Friedl
, Stefan Reichelstein
, Amadeus Bach
, Maximilian Blaschke
, Lukas Kemmer

Chair of Management Accounting

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Abstract

Levelized cost is a life-cycle cost measure that aggregates investment expenditures and operating costs into a unit cost figure. So far, most applications of this concept have originated in relation to energy technologies. This paper describes the role of the levelized cost concept in cost accounting and synthesizes multiple research streams in connection with electricity, energy storage, hydrogen and carbon capture. Finally, we sketch multiple potential future applications of the levelized cost concept.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1125-1148
Number of pages	24
Journal	Journal of Business Economics
Volume	93
Issue number	6-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11573-023-01171-7
State	Published - Aug 2023

Keywords

Full cost
Levelized cost
Levelized cost of carbon
Levelized cost of energy
Levelized cost of energy storage
Levelized cost of hydrogen

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