Lead emissions from solar photovoltaic energy systems in China and India

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4939-4946

  Gottesfeld, Perry ^a   Cherry, Christopher R ^b  

^a Occupational Knowledge International   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead battery; Solar lantern; Solar photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE LOSS; BATTERY MANUFACTURING; BATTERY PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; LEAD EMISSION; LEAD LOSS; LEAD MINING; LEAD POLLUTION; LEAD-BATTERY; LOSS RATES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PV SYSTEM; RECYCLING INDUSTRY; SOLAR LANTERN; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR PV SYSTEMS;

INVESTMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RECYCLING; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

LEAD SMELTING;

EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAD; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 79960713035     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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