Photovoltaics Energy Payback Times, Greenhouse Gas emissions and external costs: 2004-early 2005 status

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-280

  Fthenakis, Vasilis ^a   Alsema, Erik ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy payback; External costs; Greenhouse emissions; Life cycle; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE;

ENERGY PAYBACK; EXTERNAL COSTS; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; HIGH-IMPACT PUBLICATIONS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 33646034291     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.706     Document Type: Article

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