A preliminary study on potential for very large-scale photovoltaic power generation (VLS-PV) system in the Gobi desert from economic and environmental viewpoints

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 507-517

  Ito, Masakazu ^a   Kato, Kazuhiko ^b   Sugihara, Hiroyuki ^c   Kichimi, Tetsuo ^d   Song, Jinsoo ^e   Kurokawa, Kosuke ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NEW ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c Kandenko Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d TOTAL   (France)

^e Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Desert; Economic analysis; Energy pay back; Environment effect; PV system

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS;

ENERGY PAYBACK TIME (EPT);

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 6444245001     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00198-8     Document Type: Article

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