Title :
Present status of photovoltaic industries and issues in the future
Author_Institution :
Solar Syst. Group, Sharp Corp., Nara, Japan
Abstract :
Present status of photovoltaic (PV) industries is firstly reviewed and prospective outlook is focused subsequently. Then, several issues to be overcome for the successful expansion of PV market are described. Silicon based technologies are expected to be dominant in the coming decade. In order to achieve the production of 1,000MW, the efficiency of modules are improved and the thickness of wafer is decreasing, which lead to the drastic cost reduction of PV system price.
Keywords :
cost reduction; elemental semiconductors; industrial power systems; modules; photovoltaic power systems; power markets; silicon; 1000 MW; PV market expansion; PV system price; Si; cost reduction; module efficiency; photovoltaic industries; silicon based technology; wafer thickness;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of 3rd World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Osaka, Japan
Print_ISBN :
4-9901816-0-3
