Review Article

Price-Efficiency Relationship for Photovoltaic Systems on a Global Basis

Table 2

Crystalline Si: estimated total module cost [25].
(a)

EUR/US/JP201020112012201320142015

Scale increase over time15040065090011501400
Polysilicon0.430.330.230.180.150.13
Wafer0.460.370.330.290.270.25
Cell0.360.290.250.230.200.19
Module0.500.420.370.330.310.29
Total 1.75 1.41 1.18 1.03 0.93 0.85

(b)

Low cost201020112012201320142015

Scale increase over time350600850110013501600
Polysilicon0.470.390.250.200.160.14
Wafer0.340.280.260.240.220.20
Cell0.240.210.190.180.160.15
Module0.360.310.290.270.250.23
Total 1.41 1.20 0.99 0.87 0.79 0.73