Performance of Photovoltaic Modules of Different Solar Cells

Table 8

Yearly variations of cost per unit electrical energy ($/kWh) of different laboratory prepared 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	0.0188	0.0192	0.0157	0.016	0.0127	0.0127	0.0115	0.0115	0.0118	0.0118	0.0128	0.0128
2	0.0188	0.0192	0.0158	0.0161	0.0128	0.0128	0.0116	0.0116	0.0119	0.0119	0.0129	0.0129
3	0.0189	0.0193	0.0159	0.0162	0.0129	0.0129	0.0116	0.0116	0.012	0.012	0.013	0.013
4	0.019	0.0194	0.016	0.0163	0.013	0.013	0.0117	0.0117	0.0121	0.0122	0.0131	0.0131
5	0.0191	0.0194	0.0161	0.0164	0.0131	0.0131	0.0117	0.0117	0.0123	0.0123	0.0132	0.0133
6	0.0191	0.0195	0.0162	0.0165	0.0132	0.0133	0.0118	0.0118	0.0124	0.0124	0.0134	0.0134
7	0.0192	0.0196	0.0163	0.0166	0.0134	0.0134	0.0118	0.0118	0.0125	0.0125	0.0135	0.0135
8	0.0193	0.0196	0.0164	0.0167	0.0135	0.0135	0.0119	0.0119	0.0126	0.0126	0.0136	0.0136
9	0.0193	0.0197	0.0165	0.0168	0.0136	0.0136	0.0119	0.0119	0.0127	0.0128	0.0137	0.0137
10	0.0194	0.0198	0.0166	0.0169	0.0137	0.0137	0.012	0.012	0.0129	0.0129	0.0138	0.0139
11	0.0195	0.0199	0.0168	0.017	0.0138	0.0138	0.012	0.012	0.013	0.013	0.014	0.014
12	0.0195	0.0199	0.0169	0.0171	0.014	0.014	0.0121	0.0121	0.0131	0.0131	0.0141	0.0141
13	0.0196	0.02	0.017	0.0173	0.0141	0.0141	0.0121	0.0121	0.0132	0.0133	0.0142	0.0142
14	0.0197	0.0201	0.0171	0.0174	0.0142	0.0142	0.0122	0.0122	0.0134	0.0134	0.0143	0.0143
15	0.0198	0.0201	0.0172	0.0175	0.0143	0.0143	0.0122	0.0122	0.0135	0.0135	0.0145	0.0145
16	0.0198	0.0202	0.0173	0.0176	0.0144	0.0145	0.0123	0.0123	0.0136	0.0137	0.0146	0.0146
17	0.0199	0.0203	0.0174	0.0177	0.0146	0.0146	0.0123	0.0123	0.0138	0.0138	0.0147	0.0147
18	0.02	0.0204	0.0175	0.0178	0.0147	0.0147	0.0124	0.0124	0.0139	0.0139	0.0148	0.0149
19	0.02	0.0204	0.0176	0.0179	0.0148	0.0148	0.0124	0.0124	0.014	0.0141	0.015	0.015
20	0.0201	0.0205	0.0178	0.0181	0.015	0.015	0.0125	0.0125	0.0142	0.0142	0.0151	0.0151
21	0.0202	0.0206	0.0179	0.0182	0.0151	0.0151	0.0125	0.0125	0.0143	0.0143	0.0152	0.0153
22	0.0203	0.0207	0.018	0.0183	0.0152	0.0152	0.0126	0.0126	0.0144	0.0145	0.0154	0.0154
23	0.0203	0.0207	0.0181	0.0184	0.0154	0.0154	0.0126	0.0126	0.0146	0.0146	0.0155	0.0155
24	0.0204	0.0208	0.0182	0.0185	0.0155	0.0155	0.0127	0.0127	0.0147	0.0147	0.0156	0.0157
25	0.0205	0.0209	0.0183	0.0186	0.0156	0.0156	0.0127	0.0127	0.0149	0.0149	0.0158	0.0158
26	0.0205	0.021	0.0184	0.0188	0.0158	0.0158	0.0128	0.0128	0.015	0.015	0.0159	0.0159
27	0.0206	0.021	0.0186	0.0189	0.0159	0.0159	0.0128	0.0128	0.0152	0.0152	0.016	0.0161
28	0.0207	0.0211	0.0187	0.019	0.016	0.0161	0.0129	0.0129	0.0153	0.0153	0.0162	0.0162
29	0.0208	0.0212	0.0188	0.0191	0.0162	0.0162	0.0129	0.0129	0.0155	0.0155	0.0163	0.0164
30	0.0208	0.0213	0.0189	0.0192	0.0163	0.0163	0.013	0.013	0.0156	0.0156	0.0165	0.0165