The learning potential of photovoltaics: Implications for energy policy

Energy Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1545-1554

  van der Zwaan, Bob ^a,b   Rabl, Ari ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cost gap; Cost reductions; Energy policy; Environmental damage costs; Experience curves; External costs; Photovoltaic electricity; PV

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

FLAT PANEL PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) ELECTRICITY; PRODUCTION COSTS;

ENERGY POLICY;

COST; ENERGY POLICY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 1942501657     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(03)00126-5     Document Type: Article

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