We model technology improvement to identify causes of photovoltaics (PV) cost decline. Improvements to module efficiency and materials costs were important. Since 2001, increasing plant size enabled economies of scale to reduce costs. Market-stimulating policies were responsible for a large share of PV's cost decline.
The cost of solar photovoltaics has declined over the past two decades, but the driving mechanisms are not fully understood. Now, researchers examine the role of hardware and non-hardware features in cost reduction of photovoltaics and develop a model that could be used to understand cost reductions for other energy technologies.
The findings show that advances in hardware features made the largest contribution to the overall cost reduction of solar PVs. The reduction in the soft costs has also been primarily driven by hardware improvements: more practical system designs might speed up installation, reducing labour or permit costs.
R&D, both public and private, was a key driver of module cost reduction historically and can be valuable going forward in improving module efficiency and reducing materials use. Improvements to module efficiency in particular would help cut the per-watt cost of all cost components of PV modules (as well as PV systems).
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