NREL reports soft costs now largest piece of solar installation total cost
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 12:41
in Physics & Chemistry
Two detailed reports from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) find that solar financing and other non-hardware costs—often referred to as "soft costs"—now comprise up to 64% of the total price of residential solar energy systems, reflecting how soft costs are becoming an increasingly larger fraction of the cost of installing solar.