Solar PV levelised cost of electricity
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44USD/MWh
Global · 2025
Solar PV levelised cost of electricity worldwide averaged 44 USD/MWh in 2025 (IRENA).
- Publisher
- IRENA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Newsletter
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
In 2025, Solar PV remained at its 2024 level of USD 44/MWh, while wind continued to improve, with onshore wind falling to USD 33/MWh and offshore wind to USD 78/MWh.
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- APA
- IRENA. (2025). Renewable power generation costs in 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2025. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9TRZ8J0Q39S82BEXWRS8XAX5K8
- MLA
- IRENA. "Renewable power generation costs in 2025." 2025, https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2025. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9TRZ8J0Q39S82BEXWRS8XAX5K8.
- Chicago
- IRENA. "Renewable power generation costs in 2025." 2025. https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2025. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9TRZ8J0Q39S82BEXWRS8XAX5K8.
- BibTeX
- @misc{irena2025solarxax5k8, author = {{IRENA}}, title = {Renewable power generation costs in 2025}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9TRZ8J0Q39S82BEXWRS8XAX5K8}, note = {Original source: https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2025. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- IRENA · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Renewable power generation costs in 2025
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Newsletter
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_9TRZ8J0Q39S82BEXWRS8XAX5K8