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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AB - 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.
AU - Basore, Paul
A2 - Dummit, Krysta
A3 - Thomas, Andy
A4 - Taylor, Margaret
A5 - Benoliel, Peter
A6 - Feldman, David
A7 - Narayanaswami, Meenakshi
A8 - Ramasamy, Vignesh
A9 - Woodhouse, Michael
A10 - Zuboy, Jarett
A11 - Braid, Jennifer
A12 - Jost, Norman
A13 - Sproul, Evan
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - pv system cost
KW - pv module cost
KW - battery system cost
KW - pv cost 2025
KW - battery cost 2025
LA - English
DA - 2025/12/22
PY - 2025
PB - National Laboratory of the Rockies
T1 - Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8599
ER -
Basore, Paul, et al. Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks. National Laboratory of the Rockies, 22 December, 2025, NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/304.
Basore, P., Dummit, K., Thomas, A., Taylor, M., Benoliel, P., Feldman, D., Narayanaswami, M., Ramasamy, V., Woodhouse, M., Zuboy, J., Braid, J., Jost, N., & Sproul, E. (2025). Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks. [Data set]. NREL. National Laboratory of the Rockies. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/304
Basore, Paul, Krysta Dummit, Andy Thomas, Margaret Taylor, Peter Benoliel, David Feldman, Meenakshi Narayanaswami, Vignesh Ramasamy, Michael Woodhouse, Jarett Zuboy, Jennifer Braid, Norman Jost, and Evan Sproul. Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks. National Laboratory of the Rockies, December, 22, 2025. Distributed by NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/304
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8599,
title = {Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks},
author = {Basore, Paul and Dummit, Krysta and Thomas, Andy and Taylor, Margaret and Benoliel, Peter and Feldman, David and Narayanaswami, Meenakshi and Ramasamy, Vignesh and Woodhouse, Michael and Zuboy, Jarett and Braid, Jennifer and Jost, Norman and Sproul, Evan},
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.},
url = {https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/304},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {NREL, National Laboratory of the Rockies, https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/304},
note = {Accessed: 2026-06-04}
}
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Data from Dec 22, 2025
Last updated Mar 12, 2026
Submitted Dec 22, 2025
Organization
National Laboratory of the Rockies
Contact
Vignesh Ramasamy
Authors
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https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/304Research Areas
DOE Project Details
Project Name Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark
Project Number CPS Agreement #52999
