New Report Projects Costs and Efficiencies in Global Photovoltaic Market
Posted on: Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 12:00 CST
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new report from PV Energy Systems(TM) and the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development addresses current and emerging photovoltaic technologies, their performance, and their costs. Using data from global PV manufacturers and equipment providers and decades of experience in engineering these systems, the authors, Paul Maycock (PV Energy Systems) and Travis Bradford (Prometheus Institute) analyze and project cost and efficiencies of the dominant technologies used in the PV industry today, including:
-- Monocrystalline PV -- Multicrystalline PV -- Silicon Ribbon and Sheet -- Amorphous Silicon -- Copper Indium Diselenide (CIS)/Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIGS) -- Concentrator Cells
PV Technology, Performance, and Manufacturing Cost - 2006, a 50-plus page report with over 40 detailed charts and tables, includes market data about the major manufacturers by region and technology as well as a discussion of the silicon feedstock issues that plague the PV industry today. The report features sections on:
-- World PV market conditions; -- Cell and module efficiencies; -- Crystalline silicon ingots, cells, and modules; -- Amorphous silicon technologies; -- Other PV technologies (e.g. CIGS/CIS); and -- PV technology/cost summary.
Maycock and Bradford summarize cell efficiencies both under laboratory conditions and in high-volume production. While each technology is examined based on its current manufacturing conditions, the authors also standardize to 100 MW output plants, to draw cost and efficiency comparisons across the technologies. The authors also project manufacturing costs and profitability for current and emerging technologies through 2015.
PV Technology, Performance, and Manufacturing Cost - 2006 will be released on December 19, 2006. The report costs $1200; half the proceeds will support the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development, a nonprofit research and educational organization working to accelerate the deployment of socially- beneficial technologies. Orders are now accepted online at http://www.prometheus.org/technologycost/
Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development
CONTACT: Kate Cell of the Prometheus Institute for SustainableDevelopment, +1-617-868-0337 ext. 106, Mobile: +1-845-323-9846,kcell@prometheus.org
Web site: http://www.prometheus.org/technologycost
Source: PRNewswire-USNewswire
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