Tag: solar cost
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Does Cheaper Solar Mean We Can Forget Efficiency?
Prime: prime Subtitle: The ramifications of the falling cost of photovoltaic systems Images: Solar energy has sex appeal. If you want to show the world you’re doing something to reduce pollution, you put photovoltaic(PV) Generation of electricity directly from sunlight. A photovoltaic cell has no moving parts; electrons are energized by sunlight and result in…
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Solar Keeps Getting Cheaper As Panel Prices Decline
The annual U.S. report on installed PV shows prices fell between 11 and 14 percent in 2011, and indications are the trend was continuing into this year. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechling. …