UNSW SPREE 202103-25 Martin Green - Recent trends in photovoltaics

UNSW School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering Recent trends in photovoltaics Martin Green - UNSW SPREE and The Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics To view complete with slides: To view additional seminars: Homepage: Abstract In his seminar “Recent trends in photovoltaics“, Professor Martin Green describes the PV industries’ recent history, the current state of PV technology and has projections for the near and far future of the industry. He also proposes that solar power can power the world! Part 1: “Big picture” developments • Module cost history Part 2: PERC takes over the industry • UNSW PERC rules! • PERC offers new functionalities: Cheap bifacial cells! • PERC: Cheap bifacial cells! Half-cut cells, shingling and tiling • Solar Panel Size Vs Power Output