Photovoltaic village power application: assessment of the near-term market

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:5100575

Rosenblum, L; Bifano, W J; Poley, W A; Scudder, L R

A preliminary assessment of the near-term market for photovoltaic village power applications is presented. One of the objectives of the Department of Energy's (DOE) National Photovoltaic Program is to stimulate the demand for photovoltaic power systems so that appropriate markets will be developed in the near-term to support the increasing photovoltaic production capacity also being developed by DOE. The village power application represents such a potential market for photovoltaics. The price of energy for photovoltaic systems is compared to that of utility line extensions and diesel generators. The potential ''domestic''' demand (including the 50 states of the union plus the areas under legal control of the U.S. government) is defined in both the goverment and commercial sectors. The foreign demand and sources of funding for village power systems in the developing countries are also discussed briefly. It is concluded that a near-term domestic market of at least 12 MW (peak) and a foreign market of about 10 GW (peak) exists and that significant market penetration should be possible beginning in the 1981--82 period.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, Ohio (USA). Lewis Research Center
• OSTI ID: 5100575
• Report Number(s): DOE/NASA/1022-78/25; NASA-TM-73893
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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