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Market assessment of photovoltaic power systems for agricultural applications worldwide
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ulmer, R. Rosen, J. Nolfi, J. Delasanta, D. Cabraal, A. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | Agricultural sector PV market assessments conducted in the Phillippines, Nigeria, Mexico, Morocco, and Colombia are extrapolated worldwide. The types of applications evaluated are those requiring less than 15 kW of power and operate in a stand alone mode. The major conclusions were as follows: PV will be competitive in applications requiring 2 to 3 kW of power prior to 1983; by 1986 PV system competitiveness will extend to applications requiring 4 to 6 kW of power, due to capital constraints, the private sector market may be restricted to applications requiring less than about 2 kW of power; the ultimate purchase of larger systems will be governments, either through direct purchase or loans from development banks. Though fragmented, a significant agriculture sector market for PV exists; however, the market for PV in telecommunications, signalling, rural services, and TV will be larger. Major market related factors influencing the potential for U.S. PV Sales are: lack of awareness; high first costs; shortage of long term capital; competition from German, French and Japanese companies who have government support; and low fuel prices in capital surplus countries. Strategies that may aid in overcoming some of these problems are: setting up of a trade association aimed at overcoming problems due to lack of awareness, innovative financing schemes such as lease arrangements, and designing products to match current user needs as opposed to attempting to change consumer behavior. |
| File Size | 5738633 |
| Page Count | 90 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19830005314 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t02z62696 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Energy Technology Rural Areas Technology Assessment Market Research Product Development Agriculture Developing Nations Economic Development Photovoltaic Conversion Life Cycle Costs Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
