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Energies 2012, 5, 1271-1291; doi:10.3390/en5041271 OPEN ACCESS energies ISSN 1996-1073 /journal/energies Article An Integrated Performance Evaluation Model for the Photovoltaics Industry Amy H. I. Lee 1,2,3, Chun Yu Lin 2, He-Yau Kang 4,* and Wen Hsin Lee 3 1 Department of Technology Management, Chung Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan; E-Mail: amylee@.tw 2 Ph.D. Program of Technology Management-Industrial Management, Chung Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan; E-Mail: .tw 3 Department of Industrial Management, Chung Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan; E-Mail: .tw 4 Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411, Taiwan * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: kanghy@.tw; Tel.: +886-4(ext. 7624); Fax: +886-4 Received: 22 February 2012; in revised form: 9 April 2012 / Accepted: 16 April 2012 / Published: 24 April 2012 Abstract: Global warming is causing damaging changes to climate around the World. For environmental protection and natural resource scarcity, alternative forms of energy, such as wind energy, fire energy, hydropower energy, geothermal energy, solar energy, biomass energy, ocean power and natural gas, are gaining attention as means of meeting global energy demands. Due to Japan’s nuclear plant disaster in March 2011, people are demanding a good alternative energy resource, which not only produces zero or little air pollutants and