A preliminary 'test case' manufacturing sequence for 50 cents/watt solar photovoltaic modules in 1986The paper describes a 'test case' manufacturing process sequence for solar photovoltaic modules which will cost 50 cents/watt in 1986. The process, which starts with the purification of silicon grown into 75-mm-wide thin ribbons, is discussed, and the plant layout is depicted; each department is sized to produce 250 MW of modules/per year. The cost of this process sequence is compared to present technology at various companies showing considerable spread for each process; data are tabulated in a composite state-of-the-art cell processing cost summary for these processes.
Document ID
19800062601
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Bickler, D. B. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)