Terawatt-scale photovoltaics: Transform global energy

2019/05/30 by N. M. Haegel, Harry A. Atwater, Teresa M. Barnes +42 · 1 voice · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

paper · doi:10.1126/science.aaw1845

openalex publication_date 2019/05/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25

Abstract

Improving costs and scale reflect looming opportunities

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• 30% of worldwide electricity production is already from renewable sources. Total capacity of solar PV has surpassed 1,000 GW. 10,000 GW could be achieved by 2030, and 30,000 to 70,000 GW by 2050. [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]

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