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Solar Power’S “Soft Costs"
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Dec 04 2013 03:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). . . has come out with 2 new studies demonstrating that,
. . . non-hardware “soft costs” now account for a whopping
. . . 64% of the total cost of a typical solar installation.
According to NREL, for residential installations, soft costs includes
. . . . . . labor,
. . . . . . acquisition,
. . . . . . management,
. . . . . . accounting,
. . . . . . permitting,
. . . . . . inspection,
. . . . . . interconnection,
. . . . . . subsidy applications and
. . . . . . system design.
The basic finding was that 3rd-party ownership adds
. . . $0.78 per watt to residential systems.
2013-12-04 Source: Solar soft costs Who owns Solar
