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Energy Technology Cost and Performance Data

This chart indicates the range of recent cost estimates for renewable energy and other technologies. The estimates are shown in dollars per installed kilowatts of generating capacity.

This chart provides a compilation of available national-level cost data from a variety of sources. Costs in your specific location will vary. The data used in the charts are downloadable from the "Data and Charts" section below.

The horizontal lines represent the range of costs: Average + 1 standard deviation; and average - 1 standard deviation. The pie charts in the middle of the line indicates average capacity factor. All costs are in 2006 dollars per installed kilowatts in the United States.

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Cost of energy for RE technologies. For more information, please download supporting data for energy technology costs.

Source: NREL (May 2009)

Data and Charts for Download:

  1. Supporting Data for Energy Technology Costs (Excel 68 KB)
  2. Energy Technology Cost Charts Only (PowerPoint 1.6 MB)

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