Abstract: . . .  electricity-generating technologies by the year 2000. By the middle of the next decade, some solar thermal electric technologies could be producing electricity at $0.06 to $0.07 per kilowatt hour (kWh). Average electricity prices were $0.08/kWh for residential users and $0.05 for industrial users in 1993. The cost of solar water heating systems declined by 30% between 1980 and 1990. Further cost reductions will not be as dramatic, but prices will continue to decrease as demand increases and manufacturers take advantage of economies of scale. . . .
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