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Provenance:Dataset:v2023.1Run:15 Sept 2023

IRENA Renewable Power Generation Costs

Annual LCOE, CAPEX, and capacity factor data for solar PV, wind, and other renewables globally and for Turkey, 2010–2023.

globalcostslcoecapexrenewables
Source
IRENA
Region
Global
Format
XLSX
Update Freq.
Annual
License
CC BY 4.0
Coverage
2010-01-01 → 2023-12-31
Latest Version
v2023.1
Availability
Available
Slightly staleFreshness score: 68% (based on source reliability, last ingestion date, and expected update frequency)

Data Dictionary

ColumnTypeDescriptionUnit
technologyVARCHARRenewable technology—
countryVARCHARCountry or 'World'—
yearINTEGERReference year—
lcoe_usd_kwhNUMERICLevelised cost of energy$/kWh
capex_usd_kwNUMERICCapital expenditure$/kW
cf_pctNUMERICCapacity factor%

Version History (1)

v2023.1Current2023-09-15
2023 edition with updated cost projections.
Rows: 4,800Size: 1211 KBsha256: e5f6789012345678…

Used In

18Experiments
2Insights

No experiments linked to the latest version yet.

Provenance & Integrity

Content hash (sha256): e5f6789012345678901234567890abcdef5f67
Ingestion is idempotent — importing the same file twice does not create duplicate records.
Experiment runs pinned to v2023.1 will render from their frozen_metrics_snapshot, never recomputed from raw data.
IRENA Renewable Power Generation Costs — Dataset Catalog | Renewable Transition