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 Report | 0 KB | Website | ||
| U.S. Solar Photovoltaic and BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2021 Data Catalogue | 486.67 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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Submitted
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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: December 12, 2023. DOI: 10.7799/1829310.
About This Dataset
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10.7799/1829310
80694
Public
12/12/2023
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), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
Research Areas
Solar Power
License
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Digital Object Identifier
10.7799/1829310