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Title: U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark: Q1 2018

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1484344· OSTI ID:1484344
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  1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

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 2018 (Q1 2018). 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:
1484344
Report Number(s):
NREL/PR-6A20-72133
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English