Sustainable Deployment of Photovoltaics: What's Wrong with the Current Policy and Technology Focus?

Current support programs for renewable energy do not encourage an efficient integration of photovoltaic (PV) systems, light-emitting diodes and batteries. Further, most PV and storage R&D investments are not dedicated to technologies that are likely to address current techno-economic issues. More specifically, most PV feed-in-tariff programs do not yet encourage solar electricity producers to achieve efficient on-site utilization.