Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks

Ramasamy, Vignesh; Woodhouse, Michael; Feldman, David

doi:10.7799/3009689

Title: Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks

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The U.S. Department of Energy’s solar office and its national laboratory partners analyze cost data for U.S. solar photovoltaic systems to develop cost benchmarks to measure progress toward goals and guide research and development programs. The cost data is available in an Excel spreadsheet model that can be downloaded here.

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; Woodhouse, Michael;

National Laboratory of the Rockies

Publication Date:: Mon Oct 27 00:00:00 UTC 2025

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Research Org.:: National Laboratory of the Rockies

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; battery cost 2025; battery system cost; pv cost 2025; pv module cost; pv system cost

OSTI Identifier:: 3009689

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.7799/3009689

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                    Ramasamy, Vignesh, Woodhouse, Michael, and Feldman, David. Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks.  United States: N. p., 2025. 
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                    Ramasamy, Vignesh, Woodhouse, Michael, & Feldman, David. Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.7799/3009689

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                    Ramasamy, Vignesh, Woodhouse, Michael, and Feldman, David. 2025.  
"Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.7799/3009689.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/3009689. Pub date:Mon Oct 27 00:00:00 UTC 2025

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  abstractNote = {The U.S. Department of Energy’s solar office and its national laboratory partners analyze cost data for U.S. solar photovoltaic systems to develop cost benchmarks to measure progress toward goals and guide research and development programs. The cost data is available in an Excel spreadsheet model that can be downloaded here.},

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