Title :
TFDEA application for solar industry
Author :
Spatar, Daria ; Amini, Mitra ; Bahrini, Sara ; Al Mallak, Manar ; Tamimi, Sajeda
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. & Technol. Manage., Portland State Univ., Portland, OR, USA
fDate :
July 29 2012-Aug. 2 2012
Abstract :
The interest in solar technology as a very promising source of energy is accelerating. The industry is developing with a great speed; technology experts along with researchers propose different methods to predict the future state of the industry, especially in terms of efficiency of solar panels and their cost. This paper applies TFDEA for forecasting the solar technology with focus on the main technologies of thin film and crystalline silicon photovoltaic solar panels.
Keywords :
costing; data envelopment analysis; forecasting theory; power system economics; solar cells; TFDEA application; crystalline silicon photovoltaic solar panel; data envelopment analysis; energy source; solar industry; solar panel cost; solar panel efficiency; solar technology; thin film photovoltaic solar panel; Industries; Manufacturing; Photovoltaic systems; Predictive models; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Technology Management for Emerging Technologies (PICMET), 2012 Proceedings of PICMET '12:
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2853-1
