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Photovoltaic System Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections 2015 Edition

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This is the fourth edition in an annual briefing prepared jointly by LBNL and NREL intended to provide a high-level overview of historical, recent, and projected near-term PV system pricing trends in the United States. The briefing draws on several ongoing research activities at the two labs, including LBNL's annual Tracking the Sun report series, NREL's bottom-up PV cost modeling, and NREL's synthesis of PV market data and projections. The briefing examines progress in PV price reductions to help DOE and other PV stakeholders manage the transition to a market-driven PV industry, and integrates different perspectives and methodologies for characterizing PV system pricing, in order to provide a broader perspective on underlying trends within the industry.

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AB  - This is the fourth edition in an annual briefing prepared jointly by LBNL and NREL intended to provide a high-level overview of historical, recent, and projected near-term PV system pricing trends in the United States. The briefing draws on several ongoing research activities at the two labs, including LBNL's annual Tracking the Sun report series, NREL's bottom-up PV cost modeling, and NREL's synthesis of PV market data and projections. The briefing examines progress in PV price reductions to help DOE and other PV stakeholders manage the transition to a market-driven PV industry, and integrates different perspectives and methodologies for characterizing PV system pricing, in order to provide a broader perspective on underlying trends within the industry.
AU  - Feldman, David
A2  - Barbose, Galen
A3  - Margolis, Robert
A4  - Bolinger, Mark
A5  - Chung, Donald
A6  - Fu, Ran
A7  - Seel, Joachim
A8  - Davidson, Carolyn
A9  - Wiser, Ryan
DB  - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP  - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO  - 
KW  - PV
KW  - photovoltaic
KW  - solar energy
KW  - system cost
KW  - system price
KW  - renewable energy
KW  - RE
LA  - English
DA  - 2016/05/12
PY  - 2016
PB  - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1  - Photovoltaic System Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections 2015 Edition
UR  - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8152
ER  -

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Feldman, David, et al. Photovoltaic System Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections 2015 Edition. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 12 May, 2016, NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/46.

Feldman, D., Barbose, G., Margolis, R., Bolinger, M., Chung, D., Fu, R., Seel, J., Davidson, C., & Wiser, R. (2016). Photovoltaic System Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections 2015 Edition. [Data set]. NREL. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/46

Feldman, David, Galen Barbose, Robert Margolis, Mark Bolinger, Donald Chung, Ran Fu, Joachim Seel, Carolyn Davidson, and Ryan Wiser. Photovoltaic System Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections 2015 Edition. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May, 12, 2016.  Distributed by NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/46

@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8152,
title = {Photovoltaic System Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections 2015 Edition},
author = {Feldman, David and Barbose, Galen and Margolis, Robert and Bolinger, Mark and Chung, Donald and Fu, Ran and Seel, Joachim and Davidson, Carolyn and Wiser, Ryan},
abstractNote = {This is the fourth edition in an annual briefing prepared jointly by LBNL and NREL intended to provide a high-level overview of historical, recent, and projected near-term PV system pricing trends in the United States. The briefing draws on several ongoing research activities at the two labs, including LBNL's annual Tracking the Sun report series, NREL's bottom-up PV cost modeling, and NREL's synthesis of PV market data and projections. The briefing examines progress in PV price reductions to help DOE and other PV stakeholders manage the transition to a market-driven PV industry, and integrates different perspectives and methodologies for characterizing PV system pricing, in order to provide a broader perspective on underlying trends within the industry.},
url = {https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/46},
year = {2016},
howpublished = {NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/46},
note = {Accessed: 2026-07-29}
}

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