Title :
Making Photovoltaic Power Competitive with Grid Power
Author :
Gowrishankar, Vignesh ; Mutton, D. ; Fluhrer, Caroline ; Dasgupta, Neil
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage. Sci. & Eng., Stanford Univ., CA
Abstract :
Photovoltaic (PV) systems are currently too expensive to compete with grid power. After discussing the cost breakdown of currently available PV technology, we analyze the retail prices of PV necessary to become competitive with grid-power in various geographic and economic scenarios. We also address to what extents a tax on carbon emissions as well as inherent cost reductions in PV may influence and achieve PV´s competitiveness with grid-power. The analyses focus on the US, but may be suitably extended to other locations
Keywords :
cost reduction; environmental economics; photovoltaic power systems; power system economics; pricing; taxation; PV technology; US; carbon emissions tax; cost breakdown; cost reductions; economic scenarios; geographic scenarios; grid power; photovoltaic power; retail prices; Batteries; Costs; Economic indicators; Electric breakdown; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Power engineering and energy; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Solar power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0017-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0017-1
DOI :
10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279761