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C shading, 345, 346
Cadmium (Cd), 456 snail trail contamination, 347
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells, 365 wear-out-failures, 348, 349
absorber layer, 219, 220 Cell-to-module (CTm), 206
back-contacting, 222, 223 Center for renewable Energy Advanced
CdS layer, 218, 219 Technological Education (CREATE), 72
chloride process, 221, 222 Central receiver systems, 130
contact size, 225 commercial deployment, 137
fabrication, 224 components, 138
open circuit voltage limitations, 227, 228 heliostats, 136
schematic presentation, 364, 365 IPH applications, 137
structure, 215, 216 China
substrate cells, 225, 226 development orientation, 31
TCO, 217 development target, 30
thickness of, 224 efficiency, 24
window layer, 217, 218 floating solar farm, 13
California Golden Sun Demonstration Scheme, 30
Go Solar, 67 industrial policy
renewable energy, 67 government funds, availability for solar
RPS, and robust incentive programs, 65 energy, 27
California Energy Commission and Public laws and regulations, 27
Utiliies Commission, 67 price policy, for photovoltaic power, 28
California Independent System Operator Long-yangxia dam Solar Park of 850 MW, 7
(CAISO), 74 Micro-Grid Demonstration program, 33
California Solar Initiative (CSI), 67 Photovoltaic Architecture program, 30
Carbon capture sequestration (CCS), 418 photovoltaic manufacture
Carbon footprint, 97 photovoltaic export, 25
Carbon-oxygen bond, 4 photovoltaic technology, 23
Carrier recombination production, 21
Auger recombination, 157 photovoltaic pioneer program, 32
radiative recombination, 157 PV export market, 19
recombination local centers, 158 PV industry, 19
Cascaded multilevel modular integrated PV Poverty Alleviation Program, 33
converters, 341, 342 solar PV capacity, 12
CdTe solar cells. See Cadmium telluride (CdTe) space applications, 19
solar cells Three Gorges Hydropower Station, 19
Cell and module level failures, PV systems Three-year Action Plan for Non-electrical
delamination and moisture ingress, 347 Population, 30
encapsulate discoloration, 348, 349 Yanchi PV Power Plant in Qinghai, 19
hot spots, 346 Chloride process, CdTe solar cells, 221, 222
infant failures, 348, 349 Clean and renewable energy (CARE) package,
interconnects, 347 470
micro-cracks, 346 Clean energy, 469, 475
midlife-failures, 348, 349 Climate change, 4
potential induced degradation effect, 348 Close space sublimation (CSS), 217, 219, 220
