U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark: Q1 2016

Conference · Tue Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1327216

Fu, Ran; Chung, Donald; Lowder, Travis; Feldman, David; Ardani, Kristen; Margolis, Robert

NREL has been modeling U.S. photovoltaic (PV) system costs since 2009. This report benchmarks costs of U.S. solar PV for residential, commercial, and utility-scale systems built in the first quarter of 2016 (Q1 2016). Our 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 for such systems.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1327216
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-6A20-67142
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at a Webinar for the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Alliance's GridNEXT 2016 Webinar Series, 19 July 2016
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
solar
photovoltaic
PV
cost model