U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report (Data File)
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10.7799/1762492
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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 2020 (Q1 2020). 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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AB - 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 2020 (Q1 2020). 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.
AU - Feldman, David
A2 - Ramasamy, Vignesh
A3 - Margolis, Robert
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO - 10.7799/1762492
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - PV
KW - Battery energy storage
KW - Diesel generators
KW - Other liquid-fuel generators
KW - Wind energy
KW - Financing
KW - Business models
KW - Planning and design
KW - Planning
KW - Design
KW - Maintenance and operations
KW - Operations
KW - Maintenance
KW - Commissioning
LA - English
DA - 2025/01/21
PY - 2025
PB - NLR
T1 - U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report (Data File)
UR - https://doi.org/10.7799/1762492
ER -
Feldman, David, et al. U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report (Data File). NLR, 21 January, 2025, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://doi.org/10.7799/1762492.
Feldman, D., Ramasamy, V., & Margolis, R. (2025). U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report (Data File). [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. NLR. https://doi.org/10.7799/1762492
Feldman, David, Vignesh Ramasamy, and Robert Margolis. U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report (Data File). NLR, January, 21, 2025. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://doi.org/10.7799/1762492
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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 2020 (Q1 2020). 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 = {2025},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, NLR, https://doi.org/10.7799/1762492},
note = {Accessed: 2026-08-06},
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https://dx.doi.org/10.7799/1762492
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Data from Jan 21, 2025
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
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NLR
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Vignesh Ramasamy
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