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Percentage reduction in cost for doubling capacity of electricity supply technologies worldwide as of 2019
Learning rate of energy technologies worldwide 2019
Solar photovoltaic technology has the highest learning rate out of all energy supply sources. It has an average cost reduction of ** percent for every doubling of capacity or output. This high learning rate is mainly due to its functionality not only as a large-scale power plant, but also small-scale installations by individual households. Promising tariffs and subsidies by governments made solar PV installations accessible to energy consumers, thus increasing demand for this energy type and in turn driving down costs following more widespread use.
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