Review Article
Price-Efficiency Relationship for Photovoltaic Systems on a Global Basis
Table 2
Crystalline Si: estimated total module cost [
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(a) |
| EUR/US/JP | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Scale increase over time | 150 | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | Polysilicon | 0.43 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.13 | Wafer | 0.46 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.25 | Cell | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.19 | Module | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.29 | Total | 1.75 | 1.41 | 1.18 | 1.03 | 0.93 | 0.85 |
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| Low cost | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Scale increase over time | 350 | 600 | 850 | 1100 | 1350 | 1600 | Polysilicon | 0.47 | 0.39 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.14 | Wafer | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.20 | Cell | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.15 | Module | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.23 | Total | 1.41 | 1.20 | 0.99 | 0.87 | 0.79 | 0.73 |
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