Concentrated photovoltaics system costs and learning curve analysis

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1556, Issue , 2013, Pages 239-243

  Haysom, Joan E ^a   Jafarieh, Omid ^a   Anis, Hanan ^a   Hinzer, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentrated photovoltaics; Cost of solar; Deployment volumes; Experience curve; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984580940     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4822240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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