%0 Report
%A Galen L Barbose
%A Naïm R Darghouth
%A Eric O'Shaughnessy
%A Sydney Forrester
%D 2022
%G eng
%T Tracking the Sun: Pricing and Design Trends for Distributed Photovoltaic Systems in the United States, 2022 Edition
%8 09/2022
%X <p>Berkeley Lab’s annual <em>Tracking the Sun</em> report describes trends among grid-connected, distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the United States. The latest edition of the report focuses on systems installed through year-end 2021, and is based on data from roughly 2.5 million systems. New to the report this year is an expanded coverage of paired PV-plus-storage systems, including details on system design and pricing trends.</p><p>The report describes trends related to:</p><ul><li><strong>Project characteristics</strong>, including system size, module efficiencies, prevalence of paired PV with storage, use of module-level power electronics, third-party ownership, mounting configurations, panel orientation, and non-residential customer segmentation ownership</li><li><strong>Median installed-price trends</strong>, both nationally and by state, including preliminary data for first half of 2022</li><li><strong>Variability in pricing</strong> according to system size, state, installer, equipment type, and other factors, relying on both descriptive and econometric analysis</li></ul>