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Breaking down costs

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The cost of solar photovoltaics has declined over the past two decades, but the driving mechanisms are not fully understood. Now, researchers examine the role of hardware and non-hardware features in cost reduction of photovoltaics and develop a model that could be used to understand cost reductions for other energy technologies.

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  1. Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Noah Kittner

  2. Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Noah Kittner

  3. Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Noah Kittner

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Kittner, N. Breaking down costs. Nat Energy 8, 779–780 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01213-y

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