Forecast: Cost Of PV Panels To Drop To $0.36 Per Watt By 2017 | ThinkProgress: The cost of photovoltaic solar panels is expected to drop to 36 cents per watt by 2017, according to new research by cleantech market research firm GTM Research.
While this drop in solar panel prices will help to make solar affordable to more people, which will increase the size of the solar market, this ongoing cost reduction means much more than that.