Roadmap sector energético usa

CONTRIBUTORS
U.S. Photovoltaic Industry Roadmap Steering Committee
• Allen Barnett, AstroPower, Inc.
• Larry Crowley (retired), formerly with Idaho Power
• J. Michael Davis, Avista Labs
• Chet Farris, Siemens Solar Industries
• Harvey Forest (retired), formerly with Solarex Corp.
• Glenn Hamer, Solar Energy Industries Association
• Lionel Kimerling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Roger Little, Spire Corporation
• Michael Paranzino, Solar Energy Industries Association
• William Roppenecker (retired), formerly with Trace Engineering
• Richard Schwartz, Purdue University
• Harry Shimp, BP Solar
• Scott Sklar, The Stella Group, Ltd.; formerly with SEIA
Roadmap Workshop Participants
• National Center for Photovoltaics: Workshop on PV Program Strategic Direction,
July 14-15, 1997 (Golden, Colorado)
• U.S. Photovoltaics Industry PV Technology Roadmap Workshop,
June 23-25, 1999 (Chicago, Illinois)
• PV Roadmap Conference,
December 13-14, 2000 (Dallas, Texas)

SOLAR-ELECTRIC POWER
THE U.S. PHOTOVOLTAIC
INDUSTRY ROADMAP

“… providing the electricity consumer with competitive and environmentally friendly energy products and services from a thriving United States-based solar-electric power industry.”

Reprinted January 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary .........................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1. Introducing the Photovoltaic Industry Roadmap … Full Speed Ahead ........................5
Chapter 2. PV's Value to Customers and the Nation … Why Travel the Road? .............................8
Chapter 3. Photovoltaic Industry Profile … Travelers on the Road .............................................11
Chapter 4. Solar-Electric Vision, Goals, and Targets … Our Destination....................................15
Chapter 5. Technical, Market, and Institutional Barriers … Bumps in the Road ..........................19
Chapter 6.