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(a) Development of average module selling price over time, in 2015 USD per Wp. Data from16,25,26,34,35. (b) Development of energy payback time over time. (c) Development of greenhouse gas emissions from PV electricity over time. The magenta crosses in (b,c) are an overlay of the cost data from (a).