Assessing the drivers of regional trends in solar photovoltaic manufacturing

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2811-2821

  Goodrich, Alan C ^a   Powell, Douglas M ^b   James, Ted L ^a   Woodhouse, Michael ^a   Buonassisi, Tonio ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; GLOBAL COLLABORATION; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING; TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION;

COMPETITION; EARNINGS; ECONOMICS; LOCATION; MANUFACTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON WAFERS;

COSTS;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PRICING POLICY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84884549466     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ee40701b     Document Type: Article

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