Research Article
Performance of Photovoltaic Modules of Different Solar Cells
Table 6
Yearly variations of cost per unit electrical energy ($/kWh) of different commercial PV modules.
| Year
| c-Si
| Poly-Si
| a-Si
| CdTe
| CIGS
| a-Si/nc-Si
| Semi | Opaque | Semi | Opaque | Semi | Opaque | Semi | Opaque | Semi | Opaque | Semi | Opaque |
| 1 | 0.013 | 0.0136 | 0.0129 | 0.014 | 0.0084 | 0.0087 | 0.009 | 0.0095 | 0.0092 | 0.0096 | 0.0075 | 0.00773 | 2 | 0.013 | 0.0136 | 0.0129 | 0.0141 | 0.0085 | 0.0088 | 0.0091 | 0.0095 | 0.0093 | 0.0097 | 0.0076 | 0.00779 | 3 | 0.0131 | 0.0137 | 0.013 | 0.0141 | 0.0086 | 0.0088 | 0.0091 | 0.0096 | 0.0093 | 0.0098 | 0.0076 | 0.00786 | 4 | 0.0131 | 0.0137 | 0.0131 | 0.0142 | 0.0086 | 0.0089 | 0.0092 | 0.0096 | 0.0094 | 0.0099 | 0.0077 | 0.00793 | 5 | 0.0132 | 0.0138 | 0.0132 | 0.0143 | 0.0087 | 0.009 | 0.0092 | 0.0096 | 0.0095 | 0.01 | 0.0078 | 0.008 | 6 | 0.0132 | 0.0138 | 0.0133 | 0.0144 | 0.0088 | 0.0091 | 0.0092 | 0.0097 | 0.0096 | 0.0101 | 0.0078 | 0.00807 | 7 | 0.0133 | 0.0139 | 0.0134 | 0.0145 | 0.0089 | 0.0092 | 0.0093 | 0.0097 | 0.0097 | 0.0102 | 0.0079 | 0.00814 | 8 | 0.0133 | 0.0139 | 0.0135 | 0.0146 | 0.009 | 0.0092 | 0.0093 | 0.0098 | 0.0098 | 0.0103 | 0.008 | 0.00821 | 9 | 0.0133 | 0.014 | 0.0135 | 0.0147 | 0.009 | 0.0093 | 0.0093 | 0.0098 | 0.0099 | 0.0104 | 0.008 | 0.00828 | 10 | 0.0134 | 0.014 | 0.0136 | 0.0148 | 0.0091 | 0.0094 | 0.0094 | 0.0098 | 0.01 | 0.0105 | 0.0081 | 0.00836 | 11 | 0.0134 | 0.0141 | 0.0137 | 0.0149 | 0.0092 | 0.0095 | 0.0094 | 0.0099 | 0.0101 | 0.0106 | 0.0082 | 0.00843 | 12 | 0.0135 | 0.0141 | 0.0138 | 0.015 | 0.0093 | 0.0096 | 0.0094 | 0.0099 | 0.0102 | 0.0107 | 0.0082 | 0.00851 | 13 | 0.0135 | 0.0142 | 0.0139 | 0.0151 | 0.0094 | 0.0096 | 0.0095 | 0.01 | 0.0103 | 0.0108 | 0.0083 | 0.00858 | 14 | 0.0136 | 0.0142 | 0.014 | 0.0152 | 0.0094 | 0.0097 | 0.0095 | 0.01 | 0.0104 | 0.0109 | 0.0084 | 0.00865 | 15 | 0.0136 | 0.0143 | 0.0141 | 0.0153 | 0.0095 | 0.0098 | 0.0096 | 0.01 | 0.0105 | 0.011 | 0.0085 | 0.00873 | 16 | 0.0137 | 0.0143 | 0.0142 | 0.0154 | 0.0096 | 0.0099 | 0.0096 | 0.0101 | 0.0106 | 0.0111 | 0.0085 | 0.00881 | 17 | 0.0137 | 0.0144 | 0.0142 | 0.0155 | 0.0097 | 0.01 | 0.0096 | 0.0101 | 0.0107 | 0.0112 | 0.0086 | 0.00888 | 18 | 0.0138 | 0.0144 | 0.0143 | 0.0156 | 0.0098 | 0.0101 | 0.0097 | 0.0102 | 0.0108 | 0.0113 | 0.0087 | 0.00896 | 19 | 0.0138 | 0.0145 | 0.0144 | 0.0157 | 0.0099 | 0.0102 | 0.0097 | 0.0102 | 0.0109 | 0.0114 | 0.0088 | 0.00904 | 20 | 0.0139 | 0.0145 | 0.0145 | 0.0158 | 0.0099 | 0.0103 | 0.0098 | 0.0102 | 0.011 | 0.0116 | 0.0088 | 0.00912 | 21 | 0.0139 | 0.0146 | 0.0146 | 0.0159 | 0.01 | 0.0103 | 0.0098 | 0.0103 | 0.0111 | 0.0117 | 0.0089 | 0.0092 | 22 | 0.014 | 0.0146 | 0.0147 | 0.016 | 0.0101 | 0.0104 | 0.0098 | 0.0103 | 0.0112 | 0.0118 | 0.009 | 0.00928 | 23 | 0.014 | 0.0147 | 0.0148 | 0.0161 | 0.0102 | 0.0105 | 0.0099 | 0.0104 | 0.0113 | 0.0119 | 0.0091 | 0.00936 | 24 | 0.0141 | 0.0147 | 0.0149 | 0.0162 | 0.0103 | 0.0106 | 0.0099 | 0.0104 | 0.0114 | 0.012 | 0.0092 | 0.00945 | 25 | 0.0141 | 0.0148 | 0.015 | 0.0163 | 0.0104 | 0.0107 | 0.01 | 0.0104 | 0.0116 | 0.0121 | 0.0092 | 0.00953 | 26 | 0.0142 | 0.0148 | 0.0151 | 0.0164 | 0.0105 | 0.0108 | 0.01 | 0.0105 | 0.0117 | 0.0122 | 0.0093 | 0.00961 | 27 | 0.0142 | 0.0149 | 0.0152 | 0.0165 | 0.0106 | 0.0109 | 0.01 | 0.0105 | 0.0118 | 0.0124 | 0.0094 | 0.0097 | 28 | 0.0143 | 0.0149 | 0.0153 | 0.0166 | 0.0107 | 0.011 | 0.0101 | 0.0106 | 0.0119 | 0.0125 | 0.0095 | 0.00978 | 29 | 0.0143 | 0.015 | 0.0154 | 0.0167 | 0.0108 | 0.0111 | 0.0101 | 0.0106 | 0.012 | 0.0126 | 0.0096 | 0.00987 | 30 | 0.0144 | 0.0151 | 0.0155 | 0.0168 | 0.0108 | 0.0112 | 0.0102 | 0.0107 | 0.0121 | 0.0127 | 0.0096 | 0.00995 |
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