Production of Amorphous Silicon Solar Modules in India Based on Indigenous Process and Plant

Author

Barua, A.K. ; Sarker, Arindam

Author_Institution

Energy Res. Unit, Indian Assoc. for the Cultivation of Sci., Jadavpur

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

2104

Lastpage

2107

Abstract

For increasing the market share of a-Si solar modules it is necessary to bring down its selling price significantly lower than that for c-Si modules. There is no problem in very large scale production of a-Si modules in terms of availability of materials and production technology. Steps have been taken to design a production line for large area single and double junction modules with capacity ges10 MW/Year. With indigenously built plant and machinery and comparatively low cost of operation and maintenance in India we expect to bring down the selling price of a-Si modules to les USD 1.5/pW which will be a significant breakthrough in solar electricity generated through the photovoltaic route

Keywords

amorphous semiconductors; pricing; semiconductor device manufacture; silicon; solar cells; a-Si solar modules; amorphous silicon solar module production; c-Si modules; double junction module; indigenous process; market share; selling price; solar electricity generation; Amorphous silicon; Costs; Large-scale systems; Machinery; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Production; Prototypes; Research and development; Solar power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279919

Filename

4060085