U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report
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 - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - PV photovoltaic solar energy
KW - LCOE
KW - capital cost
KW - overnight capital cost
KW - 2020
KW - LCOSS
KW - levelized cost of energy
LA - English
DA - 2021/01/26
PY - 2021
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8219
ER -
Feldman, David, et al. U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 26 January, 2021, NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/158.
Feldman, D., Ramasamy, V., & Margolis, R. (2021). U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report. [Data set]. NREL. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/158
Feldman, David, Vignesh Ramasamy, and Robert Margolis. U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, January, 26, 2021. Distributed by NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/158
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8219,
title = {U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report},
author = {Feldman, David and Ramasamy, Vignesh and Margolis, Robert},
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.},
url = {https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/158},
year = {2021},
howpublished = {NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/158},
note = {Accessed: 2026-10-24}
}
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Data from Jan 26, 2021
Last updated Mar 12, 2026
Submitted Jan 26, 2021
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
David Feldman
Authors
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https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/158Research Areas
Keywords
PV photovoltaic solar energy, LCOE, capital cost, overnight capital cost, 2020, LCOSS, levelized cost of energyDOE Project Details
Project Name U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmark: Q1 2020
Project Number DE-AC36-08GO28308
