Commercial Solar PV Price Index for May 2017

Average commercial solar system prices remain unchanged for the second month in a row, coming in at $1.23/W, according to pricing from the Solar Choice commercial installer network database. Average 10kW system prices sit at $1.32/W, 30kW system prices at $1.21/W, 50kW system prices at $1.23/W and 100kW solar system prices at $1.15/W.

Commercial solar system prices (10kW-100kW)

All prices in the tables below include incentives available through the federal Renewable Energy Target as well as GST, but do not incorporate meter installation fees or additional costs, such as ground-mounting, grid protection or grid connection studies.

Table 1: Commercial solar PV system prices for May 2017 (average)

Average commercial solar system prices May 2017

Table 2: $/W commercial solar PV system prices for May 2017 (average)

Average commercial solar system prices per watt May 2017

Historic pricing for popular commercial solar system sizes

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Commercial system prices – All system sizes

Average commercial solar system prices all sizes May 2017

(N.b. Please see note about ‘Solar Choice Discount’ in January 2016 edition of the PV Price Index.)

About this data

Tables and charts included in this article were compiled using data from Solar Choice’s installer network database, which contains regularly-updated pricing and product details from over 100 solar installation companies across Australia. Although all pricing calculations do account for federal incentives and GST, they do not incorporate meter installation fees or additional costs, such as ground-mounting or grid connection studies. ‘Premium’ installer offerings are not included in the calculations.

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