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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Solar PV. Decreasing prices and generation cost.

Over the last 20 years, PV has already shown impressive price reductions, with the price
of PV modules decreasing by over 20% every time the cumulative sold volume of PV
modules has doubled. System prices have declined accordingly; during the last 5 years
a price decrease of 50% has been achieved in Europe. System prices are expected to
decrease in the 10 coming years by 36-51% depending on the segment.
Importantly, there is a huge potential for further generation cost decline: around 50%
until 2020. The cost of PV electricity generation in Europe could decrease from a range
of 0.16-0.35 €/kWh in 2010 to a range of 0.08-0.18 €/kWh in 2020 depending on
system size and irradiance level.


Source: European Photovoltaic Industry Association - Solar PV competing in the energy sector

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