2025 Industrial Solar Costs and C&I Adoption Benchmarks

Soleos (solar solutions provider) publishes a 2025 guide presenting country-level benchmarks and project economics for industrial and C&I solar deployments.

• Main announcement/action: The guide provides 2025 benchmark prices and CAPEX ranges for industrial-grade modules and installed systems across key markets (India, Europe, UK, UAE, Kenya, USA), including global utility-scale costs of US$650–750 per kW (dc) and specific country/system-level ranges such as India rooftop ₹40,000–70,000 per kW, India module prices Mono-PERC ₹18–24/W, TOPCon ₹22–28/W, bifacial TOPCon ₹25–32/W, and US residential/commercial installed systems ~US$2.50–4.50/W. The guide recommends procurement and design strategies (bulk buying, high-efficiency TOPCon/N-type modules, experienced EPCs, optimized BOS) to lower CAPEX and accelerate payback.
• Background and supporting details: The article summarizes historical price moves (2013: US$1.78/Wp → 2016: US$0.47/Wp; 2019: ~US$0.22/Wp; 2020: ~US$0.192/Wp), cites IRENA and 2024–2025 EPC benchmarks, highlights module share of CAPEX (40–55%), provides O&M estimates (India: ~₹7–10 lakh per MW-year), references policy drivers (ALMM, IRA, CBAM, import duties/VAT), and describes technology trends (TOPCon, HJT, bifacial, larger-format modules) that shape 2025 pricing and project timelines.