levelized cost of wind energy
Wind and solar costs falling. The levelized cost of some wind and solar technologies has plummeted in recent years. The graphic below shows that the average cost of onshore wind has fallen from $135 per megawatt-hour in 2009 to $59 in 2014.Thatâs a 56 percent drop in five years.nshore wind has the lowest average levelized cost in this analysis at $59 per megawatt-hour, and utility-scale photovoltaic plants werenât far behind at $79.