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.
| Name | Size | Type | Resource Description | History |
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| Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark Models and Description | 515 KB | Archive | Zip file that includes all necessary resources | |
| 2025 PV System Cost Benchmarks Description | 334 KB | Document | 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. | |
| Read Me | 65 KB | Document | Step by step instructions to download and load files to use the cost models. | |
| PVSCM 2025 Excel Model | 174 KB | Document | 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. | |
| UPV Q1-2025 | 19 KB | Document | 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. | |
| CPV Q1-2025 | 17 KB | Document | 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. | |
| RPV Q1-2025 | 17 KB | Document | 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. |
Submitted
• Oct •
27
2025
Cite This Dataset
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. 2025. "Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks." NLR Data Catalog. Golden, CO: National Laboratory of the Rockies. Last updated: March 12, 2026. DOI: 10.7799/3009689.
About This Dataset
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10.7799/3009689
NLR/OT-7A40-97930
Public
03/12/2026
DOE Project
Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark
Facilities
Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)
Funding Organization
Department of Energy (DOE)
Sponsoring Organization
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
Research Areas
Solar Power
License
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Digital Object Identifier
10.7799/3009689