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Is $50/MWh Solar for Real? Falling Project Prices and Rising Capacity Factors Drive Utility-Scale PV Toward Economic Competitiveness

Publication Type

Journal Article

Date Published

05/2015

Authors

Bolinger, Mark, Samantha Weaver, Jarett Zuboy

DOI

10.1002/pip.2630

Journal

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Year of Publication

2015

Notes

This article has been published online with Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications. To see the published version, click here.

This research is based on a report titled Utility-Scale Solar 2013: An Empirical Analysis of Project Cost, Performance, and Pricing Trends in the United States. To see the full report, click here.