Technology choice and the cost reduction potential of photovoltaics

Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 2490-2493

  Trancik, Jessika E ^a,b   Zweibel, Ken ^c  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FOSSIL FUELS; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLINE SILICON; EXPERIENCE CURVE MODELS; SYSTEM COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 41749100103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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