Residential solar projects face 'soft cost' reduction challenges

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Report warns installation and permitting expenses are likely to remain high despite cost of technology falling

Residential solar projects will struggle to reduce so-called ‘soft' costs than their commercial counterparts, according to a report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). NREL has analysed...

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