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The levelised cost of energy (LCOE) for utility-scale solar PV in the US has tightened for a third year in a row, according to Lazard’s latest report.

While other technologies exist, c-Si solar PV technology is the leading candidate for large-scale energy production, writes Radovan Kopecek.

Renewable energy will need policy support to reach “economically optimal” levels for the global energy transition, according to BloomberNEF.

This would be treble the installations registered globally in 2024, with China controlling most of the supply chain.

The US added a record 49GW of new solar capacity in 2024, according to figures from the BCSE and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

The levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for a number of clean power industries will fall by between 2-11% year-on-year by the end of 2025.

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) has forecasted that the US is set to add 32GW of utility-scale solar PV capacity in 2024.

The average global LCOE for fixed-axis solar PV systems in 2024 reached US$66/MWh, ranging from US$28/MWh to US$117/MWh.

The global weighted average LCOE of utility-scale PV plants fell to US$0.044/kWh in 2023, a 12% year-on-year decline from 2022.

Ground-mounted PV is Germany's most cost-effective power generation technology, according to Fraunhofer ISE.