Full Title: Maximizing MWh: A Statistical Analysis of the Performance of Utility-Scale Photovoltaic Projects in the United States
Author(s): Mark Bolinger, Joachim Seel and Manfei Wu
Publisher(s): Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories
Publication Date: March 1, 2016
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Description (excerpt):
The installed cost of photovoltaic (“PV”) projects in the United States has declined significantly in recent years, both at the distributed [1,2,3] and utility-scale levels [3,4,5]. Reflecting in part this decline in costs, the prices at which utility-scale PV projects have been selling their output through long-term power purchase agreements (“PPAs”) have also fallen to all-time lows, below $50/MWh on a levelized basis in some cases [4,5].