A comparative study on cost and life-cycle analysis for 100 MW very large-scale PV (VLS-PV) systems in deserts using m-Si, a-Si, CdTe, and CIS modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-30

  Ito, Masakazu ^a   Kato, Kazuhiko ^b   Komoto, Keiichi ^c   Kichimi, Tetsuo ^d   Kurokawa, Kosuke ^e  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c MIZUHO INFORMATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d TOTAL   (France)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO2; Cost; Desert; Energy payback time; LCA; VLS PV

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE;

ENERGY PAYBACK TIME; LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS (LCA); MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 38449115795     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.770     Document Type: Article

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