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Title: Considerations for Solar Energy Technologies to Make Progress Towards Grid Price Parity

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1227877

In this seminar the component costs for solar photovoltaics module and system prices will be highlighted. As a basis for comparison to other renewable and traditional energy options, the metric of focus will be total lifecycle cost-of-energy (LCOE). Several innovations to traditional photovoltaics technologies (including crystalline silicon, CdTe, and CIGS) and developing technologies (including organics and perovskites) that may close the gaps in LCOE will be discussed.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1227877
Report Number(s):
NREL/PR-6A20-65262
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Solar Future 2015 Symposium, 7-11 November 2015, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English