In 2020, the residential sector's levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of solar photovoltaic power in Brazil amounted to 0.09 U.S. dollars per kilowatt hour, a decrease of over 52 percent in comparison to 2016. In the same period, the commercial sector reported a drop of 50 percent in solar PV costs, reaching 0.08 dollars per kilowatt hour in the latest year.
Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of solar photovoltaic power in Brazil from 2016 to 2020, by sector (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt hour)
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IRENA. (June 22, 2021). Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of solar photovoltaic power in Brazil from 2016 to 2020, by sector (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174338/lcoe-solar-photovoltaic-power-brazil-sector/
IRENA. "Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of solar photovoltaic power in Brazil from 2016 to 2020, by sector (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt hour)." Chart. June 22, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174338/lcoe-solar-photovoltaic-power-brazil-sector/
IRENA. (2021). Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of solar photovoltaic power in Brazil from 2016 to 2020, by sector (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174338/lcoe-solar-photovoltaic-power-brazil-sector/
IRENA. "Levelized Cost of Electricity (Lcoe) of Solar Photovoltaic Power in Brazil from 2016 to 2020, by Sector (in U.S. Dollars per Kilowatt Hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174338/lcoe-solar-photovoltaic-power-brazil-sector/
IRENA, Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of solar photovoltaic power in Brazil from 2016 to 2020, by sector (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174338/lcoe-solar-photovoltaic-power-brazil-sector/ (last visited December 04, 2023)
Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of solar photovoltaic power in Brazil from 2016 to 2020, by sector (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt hour) [Graph], IRENA, June 22, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174338/lcoe-solar-photovoltaic-power-brazil-sector/