The cost of photovoltaic cells in South Africa

Anastassios Pouris

Energy, 1987, vol. 12, issue 2, 117-121

Abstract: The current and future costs of electricity produced by photovoltaic cells are estimated and compared with the price of electricity produced by the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) of South Africa. The results indicate that electricity provided by photovoltaic cells is currently at least 13 to 35 times more expensive than electricity provided by the grid and that, despite the expected reduction in their price, photovoltaic cells would not be able to compete with the grid in the year 2000.

Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(87)90115-0

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