Solar PV Module Costs are around 15% and Inverter costs 5%. Over time there has only been a slight fall in Balance of System Costs, Soft Costs and Inverter Costs. However, there’s been a big fall in the cost of Solar PV Modules and that has driven the fall in the installed price of residential solar panel systems
Data from Berkley Lab’s Tracking The Sun report (2023) shows that the price of solar PV modules has seen a 51% drop over the last decade. In 2013 the median cost of the solar PV modules used in residential systems was 0.99 $/W. In 2022 the median was 0.49 $/W. The cost of solar PV modules has dropped by a massive 90% since 2000.
The cost of solar PV modules has dropped by a massive 90% since 2000! The installed price of residential solar panel systems dropped by 26% over the last decade - from 5.7 $/W in 2013 to 4.2 $/W in 2022. Solar PV module prices dropped by 51% over the last decade - from 0.99 $/W in 2013 to 0.49 $/W in 2022.
Organic solar cells are the next step for solar energy, making this technology affordable for more people due to the solar cell price reduction of solar cells. Even though the organic solar cell technology is still new, the estimated cost of manufacturing for purely organic solar cells will range between £30 and £90/m2.
Data are taken from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme - MCS Installation Database. For enquiries concerning this table email [email protected]. Small scale solar PV cost data for 2023-2024 published. Small scale solar PV cost data for 2022-2023 published. Small scale solar PV cost data for 2021-2022 published.
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