Solar photovoltaic technology has the highest learning rate out of all energy supply sources. It has an average cost reduction of 23 percent for every doubling of capacity or output. This high learning rate is mainly due to its functionality not only as a large-scale power plant, but also small-scale installations by individual households. Promising tariffs and subsidies by governments made solar PV installations accessible to energy consumers, thus increasing demand for this energy type and in turn driving down costs following more widespread use.
Percentage reduction in cost for doubling capacity of electricity supply technologies worldwide as of 2019
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Global CCS Institute. (January 24, 2020). Percentage reduction in cost for doubling capacity of electricity supply technologies worldwide as of 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/457886/learning-rates-of-electricity-supply-technologies/
Global CCS Institute. "Percentage reduction in cost for doubling capacity of electricity supply technologies worldwide as of 2019." Chart. January 24, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/457886/learning-rates-of-electricity-supply-technologies/
Global CCS Institute. (2020). Percentage reduction in cost for doubling capacity of electricity supply technologies worldwide as of 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/457886/learning-rates-of-electricity-supply-technologies/
Global CCS Institute. "Percentage Reduction in Cost for Doubling Capacity of Electricity Supply Technologies Worldwide as of 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/457886/learning-rates-of-electricity-supply-technologies/
Global CCS Institute, Percentage reduction in cost for doubling capacity of electricity supply technologies worldwide as of 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/457886/learning-rates-of-electricity-supply-technologies/ (last visited May 10, 2024)
Percentage reduction in cost for doubling capacity of electricity supply technologies worldwide as of 2019 [Graph], Global CCS Institute, January 24, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/457886/learning-rates-of-electricity-supply-technologies/