Challenges in solar energy to be reached by the city of Barcelona by Jordi Andreu

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Transcript of Challenges in solar energy to be reached by the city of Barcelona by Jordi Andreu

• Present market situation– PV share in the world electric system– Cost evolution

• Technologies– R&D– commercial

• Business opportunities

• World PV module productionPower

≈ 200 GW

Production≈ 200 TWh

Share≈ 0.86 %

Source: Report EUR 26990 EN

• Cost evolutionLarge System

≈ 1.1 €/W

Small System

≈ 1.8 €/W

Source: Report EUR 26990 EN

• R&D record cellsSOLAR CELLS

Technology Developed by EfficiencyInGaP/GaAs/InGaAs, Multijunction Sharp 37.9%AsGa,thin film transfer ALFA DEVICES 28.8%Silicon, crystalline, wafer based PANASONIC Back-contacted HIT, UNSW PERL 25.6%InP, crystalline Spire 22.1%CIGS,thin film multicrystalline Solibro-Hannergy 20.5%Silicon, multicrystalline, wafer based FhG ISE 20.4%

Solexcell 20.1%CdTe, thin film multicrystalline GE 19.6%AsGa, thin film, multicrystalline, foreing substrate RTI 18.4%

LG electronics 13.4%Silicon, thin film, microcrystalline AIST 11.0%Organic Toshiba 10.7%Silicon, thin film, amorphous Oerlikon 10.1%

Thin film silicon transfer, 45 µm

Thin film a-Si/nc-Si/nc-Si, multijunction

Source: Solar Cell Efficiency Table, Progress in Photovoltaics

• Market share by technology group

Source: Solar Buzz

• Component production– Photovoltaic modules– Inverters– Structure

• Energy services– Self consumption, energy auditing– Utility scale power plants

• Relevance of consistency and stability of legal regulation.