As of the first half of 2023, the global average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) produced from onshore wind reached 42 U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour generated. This energy source accounted for the smallest LCOE that year, while solar PV trackers had the lowest LCOE in the first half of 2020, at 39 U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour.
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BloombergNEF. (June 7, 2023). Average levelized cost of electricity benchmarks worldwide in H1 2020 and H1 2023, by technology (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1115401/average-levelized-cost-energy-by-technology-globally/
BloombergNEF. "Average levelized cost of electricity benchmarks worldwide in H1 2020 and H1 2023, by technology (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)*." Chart. June 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1115401/average-levelized-cost-energy-by-technology-globally/
BloombergNEF. (2023). Average levelized cost of electricity benchmarks worldwide in H1 2020 and H1 2023, by technology (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1115401/average-levelized-cost-energy-by-technology-globally/
BloombergNEF. "Average Levelized Cost of Electricity Benchmarks Worldwide in H1 2020 and H1 2023, by Technology (in U.S. Dollars per Megawatt-hour)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1115401/average-levelized-cost-energy-by-technology-globally/
BloombergNEF, Average levelized cost of electricity benchmarks worldwide in H1 2020 and H1 2023, by technology (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1115401/average-levelized-cost-energy-by-technology-globally/ (last visited November 29, 2023)
Average levelized cost of electricity benchmarks worldwide in H1 2020 and H1 2023, by technology (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)* [Graph], BloombergNEF, June 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1115401/average-levelized-cost-energy-by-technology-globally/