Benchmarking Non-Hardware Balance of System (Soft) Costs for U.S. Photovoltaic Systems Using a Data-Driven Analysis from PV Installer Survey Results

Kristen Ardani

doi:10.2172/1059144

Benchmarking Non-Hardware Balance of System (Soft) Costs for U.S. Photovoltaic Systems Using a Data-Driven Analysis from PV Installer Survey Results

Kristen Ardani

Strategic Energy Analysis Center

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Abstract

This report presents results from the first U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored, bottom-up data-collection and analysis of non-hardware balance-of-system costs--often referred to as 'business process' or 'soft' costs--for residential and commercial photovoltaic (PV) systems.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/1059144
State	Published - 2012

Bibliographical note

Work performed by National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

NREL Publication Number

NREL/TP-7A20-56806

Other Report Number

DOE/GO-102012-3834

Keywords

benchmarking
BOS
DOE
installers
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LBNL
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
non-hardware balance of systems cost
NREL
photovoltaic
PV
residential
SunShot initiative
U.S. Department of Energy

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