Life-cycle assessment of a photovoltaic system in Catalonia (Spain)

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3888-3896

  Sumper, Andreas ^a,b   Robledo García, Mercedes ^a   Villafáfila Robles, Roberto ^a   Bergas Jané, Joan ^a   Andrés Peiró, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy payback time; Greenhouse emissions; Life cycle analysis; PV systems; Sensitivity analysis; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MATERIALS HANDLING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ENERGY PAY BACK TIME; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MATERIALS PRODUCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV SYSTEM; SENSIBILITY ANALYSIS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 79961101452     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.023     Document Type: Review

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