Average price of solar modules, expressed in US dollars per watt, adjusted for inflation. Data source: IRENA (2025); Nemet (2009); Farmer and Lafond (2016) – Learn more about this data Note: Costs are expressed in constant 2024 US$ per watt. Global estimates are used before 2010; European market. . Right now, the national average sits around $2. The solar industry uses a standardized metric—dollars per watt ($/W)—that lets you compare quotes apples-to-apples regardless of system size. 41 per kWh and yet solar is very hard to sell here. No battery, it varies regionally, but on the cheapest end closer to $2. electricity supply with an installed capacity of just 3 gigawatts.
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