Material considerations for terawatt level deployment of photovoltaics

Andrea Feltrin and Alex Freundlich

Renewable Energy, 2008, vol. 33, issue 2, 180-185

Abstract: The stabilization of future CO2 atmospheric concentrations to levels that might prevent anthropogenic alterations of the world climate calls for tens of terawatts of carbon free renewable energy resources. The combined energy production potential of all known non-solar carbon-free renewable resources seems insufficient to meet these targets. Consequently, over the next decades solar energy, and in particular photovoltaics, is expected to fill the gap.

Keywords: Solar cell; Material reserves; Terawatt; Silicon; Thin films; Multijunction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.05.024

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