Use the Comparative Photovoltaic Levelized Cost of Energy Calculator (Comparative PV LCOE Calculator) to calculate levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for photovoltaic (PV) systems based on cost, performance, and reliability inputs for a baseline and a proposed technology.
Choose your inputs and watch the effect on LCOE to determine whether a proposed technology is cost-effective, perform trade-off analysis among different technology options, and do break-even analysis of cost or performance.
For more details on how to use this tool, please consult the documentation. You may also be interested in other tools for calculating cost and performance for renewable energy.
Inputs
Baseline
Cost
Performance
Reliability
Proposed
Cost
Performance
Reliability
Common settings
Financial
Results
LCOE result
Baseline LCOE (USD/kWh)
Proposed LCOE (USD/kWh)
Additional results
Baseline
Module price (USD/W)
Total installed system cost (USD/W)
Proposed
Module price (USD/W)
Total installed system cost (USD/W)
Citation
If you use results from this calculator in a publication or proposal, please cite it:
TJ Silverman, MG Deceglie, KA Horowitz. “NREL Comparative PV LCOE Calculator.” Internet: http://pvlcoe.nrel.gov, March 2018.
Contact Us
Please email Timothy J Silverman with comments or questions.