Daystar Technologies, manufacturer of thin-film CIGS solar cells and panels, announced today that an article by John R. Tuttle, PhD, president of Daystar has been published in the Jan/Feb issue of Solar Today. The article discusses the growth requirements required for the PV solar industry in order to reach a significant market penetration by 2025. Two main issues are discussed: 1) the required cost of PV solar in order to reach that penetration and 2) the need for large scale mass production methods.
He states that cost reductions on the systems level will need to be reduced from the present benchmark of about $6 to $8 per peak watt to approximately $1 per peak watt (see www.nrel.gov/ncpv/thin_film/docs/keshner.pdf). Short supplies of silicon and indium will have to be addressed to reach this cost goal, as well as developing reduced cost mass production methods to reach the multigigawatt-scale production that is required to meet the desired market penetration. He gives his arguments as to why thin-film CIGS PV cells are more suitable to reach these goals.
It is a good read for those interested in seeing solar PV becoming a significant factor in energy production. The article may be found here.
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Thank you for this article very informative. Maria.
Posted by: Chirurgia Estetica | December 06, 2011 at 04:08 PM