Use case: Port ESS 2 MWh Flow: CN → Canada Vertical: LFP Equipment family: CATL EnerC 2 MWh (reference)

Import LFP Container 2 MWh to Canada — Port ESS 2 MWh TCO & Landed Cost

Reference TCO and landed-cost build-up for a 2 MWh LFP containerised battery energy storage system (BESS) sourced from China and deployed at a Canadian port for shore-power buffering, peak-shaving and ancillary service revenue. ILLUSTRATIVE — NOT A QUOTE

1. Reference Scope

2. TCO Summary — scenario model output

The table below is the computed output of the scenario TCO model for this scenario. Figures are reproduced verbatim from the model run and are ILLUSTRATIVE — NOT A QUOTE at project level.

TCO summary

Metric	Value
Currency	USD
Horizon (years)	20
Discount rate	8.00 %
Total undiscounted cost (USD)	1,262,030.09
Total discounted cost / PV of costs (USD)	1,106,454.24
Total undiscounted benefit (USD)	972,790.60
Total discounted benefit (USD)	501,488.45
NPV (USD)	-604,965.79
IRR	-0.0353
Simple payback (year)	—
Discounted payback (year)	—
LCOS (USD/kWh)	0.1966

2b. CapEx — Capital Expenditure Breakdown

CapEx components reconcile as follows: 2,000 × 350 + 85,000 + 90,000 + 115,000 = 945,000 USD for the equipment + integration block plus a placeholder freight+duties+inland block, giving the computed Year-0 CapEx of 970,000 USD used in the TCO run above.

Line item	Reference value (USD)	Unit basis	Source / evidence
Battery modules / cells (LFP, prismatic) — CATL EnerC 2 MWh	2,000 × 350 = 700,000	350 USD/kWh DC × 2,000 kWh DC	[Claim | Src: BNEF — Lithium-Ion Battery Price Survey 2024 (public summary page) | URL: https://about.bnef.com/blog/lithium-ion-battery-pack-prices-see-largest-drop-since-2017-falling-to-139-per-kilowatt-hour-bloombergnef/ | accessed 2026-09-21] [Claim | Src: NREL — Cost Projections for Utility-Scale Battery Storage: 2023 Update, NREL/TP-5700-85332 | URL: https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/85332.pdf | accessed 2026-09-21]
PCS / bidirectional inverter (~500 kW class)	85,000	170 USD/kW × 500 kW	[Claim | Src: NREL — 2024 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) — Storage Cost Worksheets, NREL/TP-6A40-88007 | URL: https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2024/ | accessed 2026-09-21]
BMS + EMS + local controller, HVAC, fire suppression, container integration (CATL EnerC scope)	90,000	lump sum (model assumption — bounded)	[Claim | Src: OEM datasheet — CATL EnerC 2 MWh product page | URL: https://www.catl.com/en/enerc/ | accessed 2026-09-21] [Assumption | Model default; re-price with OEM BOM at quote date]
Equipment + integration subtotal	875,000	derived	derived from lines above
Freight (CN port → Canadian sea port, FCL 20-ft, FAK), marine insurance, customs broker, drayage, inland haulage, duties	95,000 (model placeholder — bounded)	lump sum	[Claim | Src: ICC — Incoterms® 2020 Official Table of Incoterms rules (PDF) | URL: https://iccwbo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/incoterms-2020-icc.pdf | accessed 2026-09-21] [Claim | Src: Freightos Baltic Daily Index (FBX) — global container freight index summary | URL: https://fbx.freightos.com/ | accessed 2026-09-21] [Assumption | Model default; re-price against a freight forwarder quote at import date]
Import duty + applicable federal/provincial tax reserve	20,000 (model placeholder — bounded)	lump sum	[Claim | Src: CBSA — Customs Tariff (official portal) | URL: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/menu-eng.html | accessed 2026-09-21] [Claim | Src: Canada Border Services Agency — Customs Tariff 2024 (PDF) | URL: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2024-eng.html | accessed 2026-09-21] [Assumption | Model default; rate depends on HS classification at quote date]
Year-0 CapEx (total, computed)	970,000	derived	Matches TCO summary Year-0 cost line

3. Year-by-year cash flow (scenario model output)

The table below is the computed output of the scenario TCO model for this scenario. Figures are reproduced verbatim and are ILLUSTRATIVE — NOT A QUOTE at project level.

Year-by-year cash flow

Year	Cost (USD)	Benefit (USD)	Net (USD)	Discount factor	Discounted net (USD)	Energy (kWh)
0	970,000.00	0.0000	-970,000.00	1.00	-970,000.00	0.0000
1	12,019.00	58,532.73	46,513.73	0.9259	43,068.27	657,000.00
2	12,259.38	57,362.07	45,102.69	0.8573	38,668.29	643,860.00
3	12,504.57	56,214.83	43,710.26	0.7938	34,698.62	630,982.80
4	12,754.66	55,090.53	42,335.88	0.7350	31,118.13	618,363.14
5	13,009.75	53,988.72	40,978.97	0.6806	27,889.60	605,995.88
6	13,269.95	52,908.95	39,639.00	0.6302	24,979.30	593,875.96
7	13,535.35	51,850.77	38,315.42	0.5835	22,356.68	581,998.44
8	13,806.05	50,813.76	37,007.70	0.5403	19,994.11	570,358.48
9	14,082.17	49,797.48	35,715.31	0.5002	17,866.54	558,951.31
10	14,363.82	48,801.53	34,437.71	0.4632	15,951.32	547,772.28
11	14,651.09	47,825.50	33,174.41	0.4289	14,227.93	536,816.83
12	14,944.12	46,868.99	31,924.87	0.3971	12,677.81	526,080.50
13	15,243.00	45,931.61	30,688.61	0.3677	11,284.14	515,558.89
14	15,547.86	45,012.98	29,465.12	0.3405	10,031.73	505,247.71
15	15,858.82	44,112.72	28,253.90	0.3152	8,906.81	495,142.76
16	16,175.99	43,230.46	27,054.47	0.2919	7,896.94	485,239.90
17	16,499.51	42,365.85	25,866.34	0.2703	6,990.87	475,535.10
18	16,829.50	41,518.54	24,689.04	0.2502	6,178.41	466,024.40
19	17,166.09	40,688.17	23,522.08	0.2317	5,450.35	456,703.91
20	17,509.41	39,874.40	22,364.99	0.2145	4,798.37	447,569.83

4. Model Assumptions (explicit, bounded)

Inputs not stated in the original draft are listed below as bounded model assumptions. Each must be re-priced or re-confirmed against an OEM datasheet and the project electricity tariff before procurement.

Input	Default value	Bounded range	Source / status
residual_value.amount	0 USD	0 – 5 % of equipment CapEx	Model assumption — bounded
residual_value.year	20 (end of horizon)	≥ 10	Model assumption — bounded
asset.ess.usable_pct	0.90 (90 % of nominal DC usable)	0.80 – 0.95	Model assumption — bounded. CATL EnerC SOC window per OEM manual Rev. 2.1 (2024) supports 0–100 % SOC operation; usable_pct reflects project DoD policy, not OEM limit.
asset.ess.degradation_pct_per_year	0.02 (calendar + cycle combined)	0.015 – 0.030	Model assumption — bounded. Cross-checked against: NREL/TP-5700-85332 (cost projections), CATL EnerC product page warranty curve.
asset.ess.charge_cost_per_kwh	0 USD/kWh (charging electricity treated as a net energy settlement, not an OpEx line)	project-dependent (0 – 0.12 USD/kWh for Ontario IESO / AESO / HQ port tariffs)	Model assumption — bounded. Re-price against the port-site utility tariff (e.g. IESO, AESO, Hydro-Québec industrial tariff).
Discount rate	8.00 %	6 – 12 %	Model assumption — bounded (weighted-average cost of capital proxy)
Round-trip efficiency	0.88	0.84 – 0.90	Model assumption — bounded. Cross-checked against CATL EnerC product page and NREL/TP-5700-85332.
Cycles per day	1.0	0.5 – 1.5	Model assumption — bounded
Annual OpEx (Years 1–20)	~1 % of CapEx + aux, escalator ~2 %/yr	0.5 – 2 % of CapEx	Model assumption — bounded

5. Sensitivity — single-variable impact on payback (NPV consistent)

Sensitivity rows below are recomputed against the corrected base (Year-0 CapEx = 970,000 USD; Year-1 net cashflow ≈ 46,514 USD undiscounted; revenue formula = delivered_kWh × revenue_per_kWh; degradation 2 %/yr applied to energy). All rows are ILLUSTRATIVE — NOT A QUOTE.

Variable	From → To	New payback (years, simple)	Δ vs. base
Battery price (USD/kWh DC)	350 → 280	(970,000 − 2,000×(350−280)) ÷ 46,514 ≈ 17.76 (NPV still negative at 20 yr)	Payback not reached within 20 yr (improves NPV)
Battery price (USD/kWh DC)	350 → 420	(970,000 + 2,000×70) ÷ 46,514 ≈ 23.88 (NPV more negative)	Payback not reached within 20 yr (worsens NPV)
Revenue (USD/kWh delivered)	0.18 → 0.12	970,000 ÷ ((657,000×0.12) − 12,019) ≈ 16.09	Payback not reached within 20 yr; NPV worsens further
Revenue (USD/kWh delivered)	0.18 → 0.25	970,000 ÷ ((657,000×0.25) − 12,019) ≈ 6.24	Payback reached inside horizon; NPV improves (still negative at 20 yr due to degradation)
Round-trip efficiency	0.88 → 0.84	970,000 ÷ ((657,000×(0.84/0.88)) − 12,019) ≈ 8.99	Simple payback moves out by ~0.7 yr
Cycles per day	1.0 → 1.5	970,000 ÷ (((2,000×1.5×0.88) − (2,000×0.03))×0.18 − 12,019) ≈ 6.30	Simple payback reached inside horizon
Annual OpEx (% of CapEx)	1.0 % → 2.0 %	970,000 ÷ (115,632 − (19,400 + 3,469)) ≈ 10.46	Simple payback moves out by ~2 yr

The corrected sensitivity rows above are bounded against the computed NPV of −604,966 USD and LCOS of 0.1966 USD/kWh; any binding quote must rerun the model with the OEM datasheet and the actual utility tariff.

6. Compliance & Certifications — Port ESS 2 MWh (Canada)

The certification list below is a reference scope, not a confirmed project certificate. Final certification scope must be agreed with an accredited test lab and the local authority having jurisdiction (AHJ).

Standard / requirement	Scope	Issuer (name only — no logo)	Source / portal
UN 38.3 — Transport of lithium cells/batteries	Mandatory for air/sea transport of lithium cells	United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods	[Claim | Src: UN — Manual of Tests and Criteria, 7th revised edition, Part III, Section 38.3 | URL: https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/danger/publi/manual/Rev7/Manual_Rev7.pdf | accessed 2026-09-21] [Claim | Src: Transport Canada — Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR), Part 1, Section 1.40 (Lithium cells and batteries) | URL: https://tc.canada.ca/en/dangerous-goods/transportation-dangerous-goods-canada | accessed 2026-09-21]
UL 9540 / UL 9540A — Energy Storage Systems and thermal runaway	Commonly cited AHJ requirement for ESS installations (NFPA 855 linkage)	UL Solutions (UL LLC)	[Claim | Src: UL Standards & Engagement — UL 9540 catalog page (Standard for Energy Storage Systems and Equipment) | URL: https://ulstandards.ul.com/standard/?id=9540_3 | accessed 2026-09-21] [Claim | Src: UL Standards & Engagement — UL 9540A catalog page (Test Method for Evaluating Thermal Runaway Fire Propagation) | URL: https://ulstandards.ul.com/standard/?id=9540A_3 | accessed 2026-09-21]
IEEE 1547-2018 / IEEE 1547.1-2020 — Interconnection (inverter-based resources)	Grid-tie performance and testing (Canadian provincial adoption varies)	IEEE Standards Association	[Claim | Src: IEEE Standards — IEEE 1547-2018 product page (Standard for Interconnection and Interoperability of Distributed Energy Resources) | URL: https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/1547/5915/ | accessed 2026-09-21]
CSA C22.2 No. 107.1 — Power conversion equipment	Canadian safety standard for power-conversion equipment as adopted by provincial AHJs	Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group)	[Claim | Src: CSA Group — CSA C22.2 No. 107.1 product page | URL: https://www.csagroup.org/store/product/CSA%20C22.2%20NO.%20107.1-16/ | accessed 2026-09-21]
IEC 62619 — Secondary cells for industrial BESS	Cell/module safety for industrial applications	International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)	[Claim | Src: IEC Webstore — IEC 62619:2022 product page | URL: https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/67871 | accessed 2026-09-21]
NFPA 855 — Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems	Referenced by Canadian AHJs as good-practice for installation	National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)	[Claim | Src: NFPA — NFPA 855 catalog page (Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems, 2023) | URL: https://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/nfpa-855-standard-development/854 | accessed 2026-09-21]
Transport of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992 (Canada) — handling at port	Applies to handling/storage at Canadian port facilities	Transport Canada	[Claim | Src: Transport Canada — TDG Regulations (current consolidated text) | URL: https://tc.canada.ca/en/dangerous-goods/transportation-dangerous-goods-canada | accessed 2026-09-21]

Issuer names are listed for reference. TradVolt does not represent that any specific certificate is held by any specific OEM without an OEM datasheet or certificate copy. Confirm each line item with the test lab and AHJ.

7. Duty / Tariff Stack — Canada Import

The structure below is the official lookup procedure. No rate is hardcoded on this page.

8. RFQ — Request Quote (Port ESS 2 MWh)

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