Between 2010 and 2021, the weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar photovoltaics (PV) saw a continual annual decline, reaching 0.05 U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour in the latter year. In comparison to a decade earlier, this represented a drop of approximately 88.5 percent.
Weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar PV worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour)
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IRENA. (July 29, 2022). Weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar PV worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/506824/weighted-average-lceo-of-utility-scaled-solar-photovoltaics-worldwide/
IRENA. "Weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar PV worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour)." Chart. July 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/506824/weighted-average-lceo-of-utility-scaled-solar-photovoltaics-worldwide/
IRENA. (2022). Weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar PV worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/506824/weighted-average-lceo-of-utility-scaled-solar-photovoltaics-worldwide/
IRENA. "Weighted Average Levelized Cost of Electricity (Lcoe) for Solar Pv Worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. Dollars per Kilowatt-hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/506824/weighted-average-lceo-of-utility-scaled-solar-photovoltaics-worldwide/
IRENA, Weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar PV worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/506824/weighted-average-lceo-of-utility-scaled-solar-photovoltaics-worldwide/ (last visited September 21, 2023)
Weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar PV worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour) [Graph], IRENA, July 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/506824/weighted-average-lceo-of-utility-scaled-solar-photovoltaics-worldwide/