Quantifying the Relationship Between Higher Photovoltaic Module Efficiency and the Adoption of Distributed Solar

Ashwin Ramdas; Kelsey Horowitz; Benjamin Sigrin

doi:10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980562

Quantifying the Relationship Between Higher Photovoltaic Module Efficiency and the Adoption of Distributed Solar

Ashwin Ramdas, Kelsey Horowitz, Benjamin Sigrin

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is understanding the relationship between module efficiency, system costs, and the economic and adoption potential of distributed rooftop solar. We use the dGen model to project the economic potential and adoption of high-efficiency photovoltaic (PV) modules across a range of efficiencies and cost scenarios in the continental United States. Our results reveal that high-efficiency modules can modestly increase the projected adoption of distributed solar, but system capital costs may play a larger role in changing the amount of projected adoption.

Original language	American English
Pages	607-614
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980562
State	Published - 2020
Event	2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) - Chicago, Illinois Duration: 16 Jun 2019 → 21 Jun 2019

Conference

Conference	2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
City	Chicago, Illinois
Period	16/06/19 → 21/06/19

Bibliographical note

See NREL/CP-6A20-74008 for preprint

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-6A20-76333

Keywords

dGen
distributed solar
high efficiency pv
pv module efficiency
solar adoption

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Quantifying the Relationship Between Higher Photovoltaic Module Efficiency and the Adoption of Distributed Solar

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