This graph on the declining costs of solar power is another of Cleantechnica’s excellent “cleantech snacks”.
We’ve published many a graph showing the sharp fall in solar PV costs over the last four to five years (80 per cent by most calculations) but here is a wonderful illustration of how far the costs of solar have fallen since 1977.
This article was originally posted on Cleantechnica. Re-produced with permission.
Is this in Australia or worldwide? Thx
Worldwide
I am a customs broker and I have processed shipments from China to Australia with prices as low as US$0.45 per watt, FOB.
For inverters, I have seen prices as low as US$110 per kW inverter capacity, FOB.
Apparently, there might still be room for further cost reductions.
“The companies can introduce thin-film technology to their glass-manufacturing lines and produce modules at about 30 cents a watt or less, according to Dieter Manz, Manz’s chief executive officer. The Reutlingen, Germany-based company makes machines that produce flat-panel displays and solar products.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-15/lcd-makers-may-enter-thin-film-solar-market-manz-says.html
