Increasing PV velocity by reinvesting the nuclear energy insurance subsidy in large-scale photovoltaic production

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 001338-001343

  Pearce, Joshua M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC VIABILITY; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES; INSTALLED POWER; LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING PLANT; NUCLEAR PLANT LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PRODUCTIONS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; ENERGY CONVERSION; INSURANCE; INVESTMENTS; MANUFACTURE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77951544422     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411268     Document Type: Conference Paper

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