U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmarks: Q1 2021

Dataset · Mon Nov 08 00:00:00 EST 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.7799/1829310· OSTI ID:1829310

Ramasamy, Vignesh  ^[1]; Feldman, David ^[1]

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1. Integrated Applications Center

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.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Data (NREL-DATA), Golden, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FY19 AOP 5.2.0.3
• OSTI ID: 1829310
• Report Number(s): FY19 AOP 5.2.0.3
• Availability: [e-mail]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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25 ENERGY STORAGE
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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solar
battery energy storage
capital cost
bottom-up cost model
cost analysis
utility-scale solar
commercial
Residential Solar