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

Abstract

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.

Authors:
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  1. Integrated Applications Center
Publication Date:
Other Number(s):
FY19 AOP 5.2.0.3
DOE Contract Number:  
FY19 AOP 5.2.0.3
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Data (NREL-DATA), Golden, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
Keywords:
PV; solar; battery energy storage; capital cost; bottom-up cost model; cost analysis; utility-scale solar; commercial; Residential Solar
OSTI Identifier:
1829310
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7799/1829310

Citation Formats

Ramasamy, Vignesh, and Feldman, David. U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmarks: Q1 2021. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.7799/1829310.
Ramasamy, Vignesh, & Feldman, David. U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmarks: Q1 2021. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.7799/1829310
Ramasamy, Vignesh, and Feldman, David. 2021. "U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmarks: Q1 2021". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.7799/1829310. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1829310. Pub date:Mon Nov 08 00:00:00 EST 2021
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abstractNote = {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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year = {Mon Nov 08 00:00:00 EST 2021},
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