Terawatt-Scale Photovoltaics: Trajectories and Challenges

Nancy Haegel, David Feldman, Benjamin Kroposki, Robert Margolis, William Tumas, Michael Woodhouse, Sarah Kurtz, Tonio Buonassisi, Armin Frotzheim, Raffi Garabedian, Martin Green, Stefan Glunz, Hans-Martin Henning, Burkhard Holder, Izumi Kaizuka, Koji Matshubara, Shigeru Niki, Keiichiro Sakurai, Roland Schindler, Eicke WeberGregory Wilson

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Abstract

The annual potential of solar energy far exceeds the world's total energy consumption. However, the vision of photovoltaics (PVs) providing a substantial fraction of global electricity generation and total energy demand is far from being realized. What technical, infrastructure, economic, and policy barriers need to be overcome for PVs to grow to the multiple terawatt (TW) scale? We assess realistic future scenarios and make suggestions for a global agenda to move toward PVs at a multi-TW scale.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)141-143
Number of pages3
JournalScience
Volume356
Issue number6334
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Apr 2017

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-5K00-66779

Keywords

  • challenges
  • complementary technologies
  • COP-21
  • GA-SERI
  • international collaboration
  • photovoltaics
  • R&D
  • terawatt scale

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