Reports - (SEPA) PV Technology Characterization Review - September 2010

Reports - (SEPA)PV Technology Characterization Review - September 2010

PV Technology Characterization Review - September 2010
The PV market continues its explosive growth and simultaneously a wide array of commercially available PV technology and application options are emerging. This SEPA report provides a comparative understanding of the PV technologies along with pertinent metrics, from the manufacturing process through deployment in the field across a broad range of upstream and downstream metrics, including manufacturing processes, feedstock and materials availability, module physical and operating characteristics, market applications and environmental characteristics.
CdTe costs $0.90/Wp. CIGS costs $1.20 to 1.80/Wp. x-Si @ $1.6 to 2.3/Wp. Super efficient c-Si $2.5/Wp
By 2015 the prices will drop to Thinfilms bellow $1/Wp and x-Si be $1.10/Wp.
Inverters have longer life will serve 20 years life and the prices are dropping. Micro inverters will be mostly used.
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http://www.solarelectricpower.org/media/154545/pv%20technologies%20executive%20summary.pdf

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