NREL has been modeling U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) system costs since 2009. This year, our report benchmarks costs of U.S. PV for residential, commercial, and utility-scale systems, with and without storage, built in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021). The methodology includes bottom-up accounting for all system and project-development costs incurred when installing residential, commercial, and utility-scale systems and it models the capital costs and levelized cost of energy for such systems.
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| U.S. Solar Photovoltaic and BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2021 Data Catalogue | 487 KB | Data | NREL has been modeling U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) system costs since 2009. This year, our report benchmarks costs of U.S. PV for residential, commercial, and utility-scale systems, with and without storage, built in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021). The methodology includes bottom-up accounting for all system and project-development costs incurred when installing residential, commercial, and utility-scale systems and it models the capital costs and levelized cost of energy for such systems. |
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08
2021
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Cite This Dataset
Ramasamy, Vignesh, and David Feldman. 2021. "U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmarks: Q1 2021." NREL Data Catalog. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Last updated: January 21, 2025. DOI: 10.7799/1829310.
About This Dataset
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10.7799/1829310
80694
Public
01/21/2025
DOE Project
System-Level Capital Costs Modeling and Technology Tracking
Funding Organization
Department of Energy (DOE)
Sponsoring Organization
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
Research Areas
Solar Power
License
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Digital Object Identifier
10.7799/1829310