A new report charts a path to achieve SunShot soft-cost targets of $0.65/W for residential systems and $0.44/W for commercial systems by 2020.

Soft costs are any non-direct construction costs associated with the services required to design and implement a project. The total cost of these typically ranges from 8 to 12%. What means hard price?

WASHINGTON DC, USA: The Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently issued a new report, "Non-Hardware (‘Soft') Cost-Reduction Roadmap for Residential and ...

Soft costs now largest piece of solar installation total cost Date: December 11, 2013 Source: DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory Summary: Two detailed reports find that solar financing and ...

That soft costs need to be brought down applies in Massachusetts, and it really applies throughout the country. What are some of the major roadblocks facing the clean energy sector right now, ...

The solicitor and project engineer for the Newport Municipal Sewer Authority have clarified costs associated with building a new waste treatment facility, which as it stands is slightly over budget.

Two reports from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) find that non-hardware costs for solar — often referred to as soft costs — now comprise up to 64 ...