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 language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 141-143 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Science |
Volume | 356 |
Issue number | 6334 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 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