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A new era for solar

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The field of photovoltaics has grown tremendously over the past decade and in 2015 solar cell deployments accounted for 20% of the expansion of global electricity capacity.

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Figure 1: World electricity-generating capacity by energy source.
Figure 2: Global statistics describing the status of the electrical system in 2015 by sector.

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  1. Sarah Kurtz and Nancy Haegel are at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA,

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  2. Ronald Sinton is at Sinton Instruments, Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA,

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  3. Robert Margolis is at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Washington DC 20024, USA,

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