A comparative study on life cycle analysis of 20 different PV modules installed at the Hokuto mega-solar plant

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 878-886

  Ito, Masakazu ^a   Kudo, Mitsuru ^b   Nagura, Masashi ^b   Kurokawa, Kosuke ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO2 emission rate; energy payback time; LCA; LS PV; mega solar system

Indexed keywords

EMISSION RATES; ENERGY PAY BACK TIME; LCA; LS-PV; MEGA-SOLAR SYSTEM;

ASTRONOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; IRRADIATION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYSILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR SYSTEM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 80054914475     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1070     Document Type: Article

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