Cost comparison for a stand-alone residential photovoltaic systems between silicon and cadmium in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Viagneswaran, A., Hassan, Mohd. Yusro, Abdul Rahman, Hasimah, Majid, Md. Shah
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM 2008
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/18934/1/HasimahAbdulRahman2008_CostComparisonforaStandaloneResidential.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/18934/

The price of crude oil has risen from a low of USD 2 per barrel to a high of USD 126 (as at 4th June 2008). The present system cannot be maintained for more than one or two generations. This resulted in searching for an alternative energy source. Since Malaysia lies entirely in the equatorial region...