In those ten years, it has evolved from expensive, highly specialised applications, or heavily subsidised programmes, to capturing a large share of the market on the strength of economics alone. At the end of 2015, the unsubsidised levelised cost of electricity (LCoE) of utility-scale thin-film solar was $0.05-0.06 per kWh — lower than any conventional generation technology operating without the benefit of subsidised fuel.
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