The capital intensity of photovoltaics manufacturing: barrier to scale and opportunity for innovation

The capital intensity of photovoltaics manufacturing: barrier to scale and opportunity for innovation

Using a bottom-up cost model, we assess the impact of initial factory capital expenditure (capex) on photovoltaic (PV) module minimum sustainable price (MSP) and industry-wide trends. We find capex to have two important impacts on PV manufacturing. First, capex strongly influences the per-unit MSP o...

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Main Authors: Powell, Douglas M., Fu, Ran, Horowitz, Kelsey, Basore, Paul A., Woodhouse, Michael, Buonassisi, Tonio
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101914
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8345-4937

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101914
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8345-4937

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