Life cycle assessment of a medium-sized photovoltaic facility at a high latitude location

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 517-524

  Muneer, T ^a   Younes, S ^a   Lambert, N ^a   Kubie, J ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

AC MACHINERY; DC MACHINERY; INSTALLATION; LIFE CYCLE;

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC FACILITY; PHOTOVOLTAICS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

AC MACHINERY; DC MACHINERY; INSTALLATION; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 33749013284     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE253     Document Type: Article

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