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