Glass needs for a growing photovoltaics industry
Abstract
With the projected growth in photovoltaics, the demand for glass for the solar industry will far exceed the current supply, and thousands of new float-glass plants will have to be built to meet its needs over the next 20 years. Such expansion will provide an opportunity for the solar industry to obtain products better suited to their needs, such as low-iron glass and borosilicate glass at the lowest possible price. While there are no significant technological hurdles that would prevent the flat glass industry from meeting the solar industry’s projected needs, to do so will require advance planning and substantial investments.
- Authors:
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- Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
- Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1183282
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-107755-2015-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0927-0248; YN0100000
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 132; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0927-0248
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; photovoltaics; glass; forecasts; economics
Citation Formats
Burrows, Keith, and Fthenakis, Vasilis. Glass needs for a growing photovoltaics industry. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2014.09.028.
Burrows, Keith, & Fthenakis, Vasilis. Glass needs for a growing photovoltaics industry. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.09.028
Burrows, Keith, and Fthenakis, Vasilis. Sat .
"Glass needs for a growing photovoltaics industry". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.09.028. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1183282.
@article{osti_1183282,
title = {Glass needs for a growing photovoltaics industry},
author = {Burrows, Keith and Fthenakis, Vasilis},
abstractNote = {With the projected growth in photovoltaics, the demand for glass for the solar industry will far exceed the current supply, and thousands of new float-glass plants will have to be built to meet its needs over the next 20 years. Such expansion will provide an opportunity for the solar industry to obtain products better suited to their needs, such as low-iron glass and borosilicate glass at the lowest possible price. While there are no significant technological hurdles that would prevent the flat glass industry from meeting the solar industry’s projected needs, to do so will require advance planning and substantial investments.},
doi = {10.1016/j.solmat.2014.09.028},
journal = {Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells},
number = C,
volume = 132,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}
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