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Effects of expiration of the Federal energy tax credit on the National Photovoltaics ProgramProjected 1986 sales are significantly reduced as a direct result of system price increases following from expiration of the Federal energy tax credits. There would be greatly reduced emphasis on domestic electric utility applications. Indirect effects arising from unrealized economies of scale and reduced private investment in PV research and development (R&D) and in production facilities could have a very large cumulative adverse impact on the U.S. PV industry. The industry forecasts as much as fourfold reduction in 1990 sales if tax credits expire, compared with what sales would be with the credits. Because the National Photovoltaics Program is explicitly structured as a government partnership, large changes in the motivation or funding of either partner can affect Program success profoundly. Reduced industry participation implies that such industry tasks as industrialization and new product development would slow or halt. Those research areas receiving heavy R&D support from private PV manufacturers would be adversely affected.
Document ID
19840025228
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Smith, J. L.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1984
Subject Category
Economics And Cost Analysis
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-173900
JPL-PUB-84-36
NAS 1.26:173900
DOE/ET-20356/15
Accession Number
84N33299
Funding Number(s)
OTHER: DE-AI01-76ET-20356
PROJECT: RTOP 776-52-62
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-918
PROJECT: JPL PROJ. 5220-23
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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