September 26, 2012 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
“In 2011, the value of photovoltaic cell shipments totaled nearly $1.7 billion and the value of photovoltaic module shipments reached nearly $6 billon…Average prices of photovoltaic cells and modules per peak watt of capacity shipped have declined steady over the past several years…
“For photovoltaic cells, the average price has decreased more than 18 percent, from $1.13 in 2010 to $0.92 in 2011, and the average price of photovoltaic modules fell nearly 19 percent, from $1.96 in 2010 to $1.59 in 2011…”
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“The performance of a photovoltaic module is typically measured in terms of its energy conversion efficiency, i.e., the percentage of incident solar energy (input) that the module converts to electricity (output) under standard rating conditions…
“In 2011, the average energy conversion efficiencies reported by manufacturers and imports were…16 percent for Crystalline Silicon PV module…11 percent for Thin-film PV module…29 percent for Concentrator PV module…”
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