U.S. Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing: Industry Trends, Global Competition, Federal Support

Platzer, Michaela D.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Solar thermal power generation;    Energy;    Energy supplies;   

RP-ID  :  R42509
RP-ID  :  R42509_2012Jun13

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report gives an overview of the most widely-used solar technology involving photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, which draw on semiconducting materials to convert sunlight into electricity.The competitiveness of solar PV as a source of electric generation in the United States will likely be adversely affected both by the expiration of tax provisions and by the rapid development of shale gas, which has the potential to lower the cost of gas-fired power generation and reduce the cost-competitiveness of solar power, particularly as an energy source for utilities.