Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics How Did Silicon Solar Cells Get So Cheap?” Martin A. Green UNSW Australia (m.green@unsw.edu.au) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Recent PPAs (power purchase agreements) $24.20/MWh UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Module Cost / Price Global Perspective UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
The beginning (1839) 1839 Edmond Bequerel Edmond Bequerel UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
The 1930s UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
First silicon pn junction cell (Russell Ohl, 1941) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
First efficient silicon cells (1953/4) Pearson, Chapin & Fuller UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
First efficient cells (1953/4) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
First efficient cells (1953/4) 25 Telstar I (1962) 20 UNSW Efficiency, % 15 10 5 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 UNSW Vanguard I (1958) Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Black cell (COMSAT 1974) 25 20 UNSW Efficiency, % 15 10 5 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Black cell (COMSAT 1974) 25 20 UNSW Efficiency, % 15 10 5 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Black cell (COMSAT 1974) 25 20 UNSW Efficiency, % 15 10 5 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Black cell (COMSAT 1974) 25 20 UNSW Efficiency, % 15 10 Al-BSF cell 5 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Black cell (COMSAT 1974) 1975 IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference 25 20 UNSW Efficiency, % 15 10 Al-BSF cell 5 Al-BSF cell 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Global Perspective UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Global Perspective UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Photovoltaics Commercial/ Demo UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Photovoltaics Commercial/ Demo UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Japanese “Million Roof” Program Rokko Island 1986 UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Japanese “Million Roof” Program Rokko Island 1986 Launched 1993/4 (World PV production 60 MW) 70,000 roofs by FY 2000 1 million by FY 2010 (5 GW) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Japanese “Million Roof” Program Rokko Island 1986 % subsidy 50% 40% 30% Launched 1993/4 20% (World PV production 60 MW) 10% 70,000 roofs by FY 2000 0% 1 million by FY 2010 (5 GW) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Japanese “Million Roof” Program Rokko Island Japan 1986 USA % subsidy 50% 40% 30% Launched 1993/4 20% (World PV production 60 MW) 10% 70,000 roofs by FY 2000 0% 1 million by FY 2010 (5 GW) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Chernobyl UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Chernobyl UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Global Warming UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
German Feed-In Tariff (FIT) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
First World Record (1983) PERC 25 UNSW/ # Stanford 20 8 UNSW Efficiency, % COMSAT 15 10 Bell Labs 5 # Elsevier “Top 10” 5 Milestones in PV 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
First World Record (1983) PERC 25 UNSW/ # Stanford 20 8 UNSW Efficiency, % COMSAT 15 10 Bell Labs 5 # Elsevier “Top 10” 5 Milestones in PV 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Cell technology BSF HJ IBC PERC UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Buried contact solar cell (Saturn cell) First big system Toledo, 1994 UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
China visit, 1994 (“Devoid of all appropriate infrastructure”) First big system 1994 Zhengrong Shi David Hogg UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Pacific Solar, 1995 Training ground for Chinese industry c-Si on glass (CSG) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Pacific Solar, 1995 Training ground for Chinese industry Solar Valley, Thalheim, 2004 UNSW TF c-Si on glass (CSG) Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Pacific Solar, 1995 Crystalline Silicon on Glass (CSG) 1997 UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Global Perspective 1997 UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
9/9/2002: Launch of Chinese PV Industry UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Capitalization UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Capitalization First private Chinese NYSE Largest tech float 2005 1. Establishes first viable private cell production facility in China 2. Establishes competitive position internationally for Chinese modules 3. Helps build up local supply chain to reduce costs 4. Pioneers capital raising on US markets to finance PV growth in China (Convertible senior notes) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Capitalization First private Chinese NYSE Largest tech float 2005 1. Establishes first viable private cell production facility in China 2. Establishes competitive position internationally for Chinese modules 3. Helps build up local supply chain to reduce costs 4. Pioneers capital raising on US markets to finance PV growth in China (Convertible senior notes) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
“First wave” “Second wave” Capitalization First private Chinese NYSE Largest tech float 2005 1. Establishes first viable private cell production facility in China 2. Establishes competitive position internationally for Chinese modules 3. Helps build up local supply chain to reduce costs 4. Pioneers capital raising on US markets to finance PV growth in China (Convertible senior notes) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Chinese Government Involvement . Local Government: From 1994, strong incentives to promote local industry development (taxes, promotions) (Suntech still had to approach many before getting backer) UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Chinese Government Involvement . Local Government: From 1994, strong incentives to promote local industry development (taxes, promotions) (Suntech still had to approach many before getting backer) After Suntech IPO (end-2005), “uncoordinated , irrational exuberance ” creates “Third Wave” UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Chinese Government Involvement . Local Government: From 1994, strong incentives to promote local industry development (taxes, promotions) (Suntech still had to approach many before getting backer) After Suntech IPO (end-2005), “uncoordinated , irrational exuberance ” creates “Third Wave” UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Chinese Government Involvement . Local Government: From 1994, strong incentives to promote local industry development (taxes, promotions) (Suntech still had to approach many before getting backer) After Suntech IPO (2005), “uncoordinated , irrational exuberance ” creates “Third Wave” UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Chinese Government Involvement . Local Government: From 1994, strong incentives to promote local industry development (taxes, promotions) (Suntech still had to approach many before getting backer) After Suntech IPO (2005), “uncoordinated , irrational exuberance ” creates “Third Wave” UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Chinese Government Involvement . Local Government: From 1994, strong incentives to promote local industry development (taxes, promotions) (Suntech still had to approach many before getting backer) After Suntech IPO (2005), “uncoordinated , irrational exuberance ” creates “Third Wave” UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Chinese Government Involvement . Local Government: From 1994, strong incentives to promote local industry development (taxes, promotions) (Suntech still had to approach many before getting backer) After Suntech IPO (2005), “uncoordinated , irrational exuberance ” creates “Third Wave” UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
Chinese Government Involvement Si prices . Local Government: From 1994, strong incentives to promote local industry development (taxes, promotions) (Suntech still had to approach many before getting backer) Oversupply After Suntech IPO (2005), “uncoordinated , irrational exuberance ” creates “Third Wave” UNSW Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
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