Solar Cell Price Per Watt 2020
Pricing breakdowns and forecasts pricing for fixed tilt ground mount pv systems will hit 0 99 per watt by 2020.
Solar cell price per watt 2020. Solar panels come in a broad range of sizes with most falling between 275w 400w. To compare solar panels on a level playing field divide the panel price by its wattage to find the cost per watt. The average price per watt dropped drastically for solar cells in the decades leading up to 2017. According to gtm research s latest report u s.
Usually range from 11 144 to 14 696 after solar tax credits and the average price per watt for solar panels ranges from 2 51 to 3 31. Solar panel cost is affected by many factors such as the state you live in solar panel brand and total system size. Photovoltaic prices have fallen from 76 67 per watt in 1977 to nearly 0 085 per watt in october 2020 for multi crystalline silicon solar cells and module price to 0 193 per watt. 89 90 this is seen as evidence supporting swanson s law which states that solar cell prices fall 20 for every doubling of cumulative shipments.
Smaller panels cost less but they might not necessarily give you the best deal in terms of energy generated per dollar spent. Solar pv price brief h1 2016. Solar panel cost data 2020 updated. Solar panel cost in 2020.
While in 1977 prices for crystalline silicon cells were about 77 per watt average spot prices in august 2018 were as low as 0 13 per watt or nearly 600 times less than forty years ago.