Evaluating the causes of cost reduction in photovoltaic modules

Photovoltaic (PV) module costs have declined rapidly over forty years but the reasons remain elusive. Here we advance a conceptual framework and quantitative method for quantifying the causes of cost changes in a technology, and apply it to PV modules. Our method begins with a cost model that breaks...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kavlak, Goksin, McNerney, James M, Trancik, Jessika
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123492