Investor Presentaiton
Progress across the full set of costs is required to
increase commercial viability and deployment
LCOE Drivers
Finance
Channel
Local
Margins
PV LCOE now <$200MWHr
0,1
Single crystal, evaporated contacts
Screen printed metal
Wire saws
Other
Hardware,
Civils, Install,
Land, O&M
costs
70-80% of
employment
in these
areas
$5.00
1978
Installed
Cost of
Electricity
S/kWh
$0.50
Textured mono
Aluminum BSF
Cumulative production GigaWp
10
100
1,000
7% Global
Generation
from PV
Cast multi
Point contact mono
Passivating SN
iso-texture multi
$0.20
Today
Retail Natural Gas Electricity
Global
Grid Parity
2015
costs
Wholesale Coal Electricity
$0.05
2020
Solar Device
Technology
IP key value
Source: Professor Emanuel Sachs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assumes annual production growth of 35% and an 18% learning curve. PV costs based on 18% capacity factor and 7% decounte
Australian Government
Australian Renewable
Energy Agency
www.arena.gov.au
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