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Title: Benchmarking Non-Hardware Balance of System (Soft) Costs for U.S. Photovoltaic Systems Using a Data-Driven Analysis from PV Installer Survey Results

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1059144· OSTI ID:1059144

This report presents results from the first U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored, bottom-up data-collection and analysis of non-hardware balance-of-system costs--often referred to as 'business process' or 'soft' costs--for residential and commercial photovoltaic (PV) systems.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Solar Energy Technologies Program
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1059144
Report Number(s):
DOE/GO-102012-3834
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Work performed by National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English