Prof. Eicke Weber is very optimistic about the solar industry

Ecosummit TV: Prof. Eicke Weber, Director of Fraunhofer ISE, is very optimistic about the future of the solar industry. Firstly, the PV cost curve is going down continuously. Even in Germany with Alaska-type sunshine, we can produce electricity with silicon-based PV for 10-12 cents/kWh. At this cost level, grid parity is already outperformed since 1 kWh costs 22 cents (net) in Germany if you buy it from your local utility. Making your own electricity and storing it in a solar battery is a smart economic idea. Secondly, the global solar market will grow 10 times from 30 GW/year in 2012 to 300 GW/year by 2025. At the same time, higher efficiencies and lower production costs make PV competitive with onshore wind and hydro power. The current oversupply of 60 GW/year is a temporary phenomenon that causes trouble for PV manufacturers for another 1-2 years. Afterwards, Europe should reenter the PV industry with a “multi-GW solar Airbus project” to drive the enormous PV industry again as a technology leader.

The ECO13 Berlin presentation slides of Eicke are available as PDF.

ECO13 Berlin Eicke Weber Fraunhofer

ECO13 Berlin Eicke Weber Fraunhofer

ECO13 Berlin Eicke Weber Fraunhofer

ECO13 Berlin Eicke Weber Fraunhofer

ECO13 Berlin Eicke Weber Fraunhofer

ECO13 Berlin Eicke Weber Fraunhofer

ECO13 Berlin Eicke Weber Fraunhofer


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