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Recent advances in solar photovoltaic technology and its new role for environmental issue

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  • Hamakawa, Yoshihiro

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A review is given on recent progress in solar photovoltaic technology and its contribution as a newly developed clean energy resource to solving the worldwide environmental problem. First, a new concept to reform the energy strategy for future civilization is postulated taking account of the environmental issue. Second, some unique advantages of solar photovoltaics are described and compared conventional electric power generation technologies. Third, key problems in photovoltaic technology are presented, and recent R&D efforts to solve them with live technologies in progress are demonstrated. Then, possible new approaches to the global environmental issue are proposed and discussed.

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  • Hamakawa, Yoshihiro, 1994. "Recent advances in solar photovoltaic technology and its new role for environmental issue," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 5(1), pages 34-43.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:5:y:1994:i:1:p:34-43
    DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(94)90352-2
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