Renewable Energy Cost
Renewable energy has entered a virtuous cycle of falling costs, increasing deployment and accelerated technological progress. Solar PV module prices have fallen by around 90% since the end of 2009, while wind turbine prices have fallen by 55-60% since 2010. The public debate around renewable energy, however, continues to suffer from outdated perception that renewable energy is not competitive, forming a significant and unnecessary barrier to its deployment. IRENA’s cost analysis programme is designed to improve publicly available analysis and data on costs to allow policy makers and investors to make robust decisions about the role of renewables. The IRENA Renewable Cost Database contains around 18 000 utility-scale renewable power generation projects and 11 000 PPA and tender results that provide new insights into trends in the costs and performance of renewables. The IRENA Renewable Costing Alliance (an alliance of companies, industry associations, governments and researchers) is helping to expand the database by sharing confidentially, their data for real-world renewable energy projects.
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