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From pv magazine USAThe US Inflation Reduction Act IRA could become a transformative document, enabling a grand experiment in energy generation at a national level, according to a new report by Credit Suisse. It believes that the United States has an opportunity to become a global leader in clean energy, much like it is already in the fossil industry.Among the many ideas discussed in the document is a striking prediction 鈥?there may be solar power projects whose levelized cost of electricity LCOE drops below a penny per kilowatt hour, bottoming around $0.004/kWh $4/MWh in 2029. We could see these prices as soon as 2025, and they could persist beyond 2030.If we combine a few data points, we can see how this number is possible 鈥?and might even have room to go lower. First, the IRA will pay solar panel man stanley cup ufacturers up to $0.18/W when manufacturing modules. Each item along the module supply chain gets a piece 鈥?polysilicon, wafers, cells and modules.Consider that it has only been a few years since First Solar told Bloomberg that their manufacturing costs were around $0.20/W 鈥?with the IRA, theyre on a pathway to a $0.02/W product. Since First Solar has nearly sold out for the upcoming few years, and may not feel enough pressure to reach pricing that low, this author doesnt expect the most extreme lows to materialize. But according to this report, there are plenty of other solar module manufacturers that could get to stanley cup an essential cost of $0.06/W to stanley uk 搂0.10/W.The lowest number |
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