Doe supports innovative research focused on overcoming the current technological and commercial barriers for copper indium gallium diselenide cu in x ga 1 x se 2 or cigs solar cells a list of current projects summary of the benefits and discussion on the production and manufacturing of this solar technology are below.
Cost of cigs solar panels.
21 7 record lab efficiency and 13 15 average production module efficiencies production capacity.
Production costs continue to be an issue for the cigs solar panel market.
Levelized cost of energy lcoe for cigs and standard c si technology photo by shell solar nrel 10803.
David pearce ceo of cigs manufacturer miasole says that his company can erect a factory that can put out 100 megawatts worth of solar panels a year for 25 million.
The average cost to install solar panels is from 10 626 to 26 460 after tax credit for a 6kw to 12kw system to power an entire house.
5 motivation efficiency o 1970s.
4 efficient cells o 2015.
The primary disadvantage of cigs panels are their price.
While cigs solar panels are an exciting option they are currently very expensive to produce to the point where they can t compete with traditional silicon or cadmium telluride panels.