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1098 FINANCING PV GROWTH
Current dollars
[$ million]
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
US R&D funding for PV
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
(a)
10
Japan’s R&D funding for PV
Current funds
[billion]
8
6
4
2
Current funds
[million DM]
0
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
(b)
Germany’s R&D funding for PV
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
Figure 24.4 Research and development funding for solar photovoltaics. (a) US R&D funding for
photovoltaics; (b) Japan’s R&D funding for photovoltaics; and (c) Germany’s R&D funding for
photovoltaics
(c)
initially on crystalline silicon and pilot system development. From 1979, the demonstration
programs focused on remote and stand-alone applications. Later grid-connected and
building-integrated systems were incorporated into the program.
The total budget for EU members on PV R&D between 1974 and the present is
about $1.5 billion. Germany has furnished about 65% of the total. Figure 24.4 shows the
recent budgets for the German PV R&D program. Like Japan, Germany also budgeted