On-grid commissioned and planned utility-scale solar PV projects between 2014 and 2018 in Africa range from around USD 1.2 to USD 4.9/W (USD 1 200 to 4 900/kW). Although Africa is currently home to a very small set of utility-scale solar PV projects, costs have been declining over time.
The emerging potential of solar PV is perhaps the most exciting development on the continent from an energy perspective. Africa has excellent, widely distributed solar resources, yet the continent's solar PV and concentrating solar power (CSP) markets are in their infancy.
Source: World Bank, 2016. With an expanding market for the installation of solar PV systems in Africa, it naturally can be expected that companies which produce solar PV modules locally will emerge and become more common.
Stand-alone solar PV mini-grids or solar PV-hybrid mini-grids have installed costs in Africa ranging from USD 1.9 to USD 5.9/W for systems greater than 200 kW. Solar PV mini-grids that came online in 2012 or earlier have higher costs.
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Its efficiency-price ratio is the most effective to choose it in large-scale and off-grid solar systems throughout the continent. Moreover, the polycrystalline panels can work in high
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