Full Title: Duel in the Sun: The Solar Photovoltaics Technology Conflict between China and the United States
Author(s): John Deutch and Edward Steinfeld
Publisher(s): Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publication Date: May 1, 2013
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Description (excerpt):
A Duel in the Sun analyzes the debate that is raging among government officials, industry members, technologists, and trade specialists about the nature of the competition between the United States and The People’s Republic of China (PRC) in developing, deploying domestically, and selling internationally solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generating technology.
This is a report for the MIT Future of Solar Energy study and several of the key issues that are raised in this paper — PV manufacturing private and public costs, PV technologies, supply chain relationships, and the rationale and choices of different public assistance mechanisms — will be analyzed further in the study effort.