Letting the Sun Shine on Solar Costs: An Empirical Investigation of Photovoltaic Cost Trends in California Executive Summary
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Program is also acknowledged. For providing and helping decipher the California Energy Commission's database of solar project costs, we thank Todd Lieberg and Tony Brasil (California Energy Commission). Finally, for reviewing earlier versions of this manuscript, we Of course, any remaining errors or omissions are the sole responsibility of the authors.
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