The right place for the right job in the photovoltaic life cycle

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 7415-7421

  Kawajiri, Kotaro ^a,b   Genchi, Yutaka ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CO; GLOBAL MAP; MARKET SHARE; MONGOLIA; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION; PHYSICAL LOCATIONS; PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION; PV POWER GENERATION; REDUCTION POTENTIAL;

COMPETITION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIFE CYCLE; MONGOLIA; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; BOTSWANA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICITY; GLOBAL WARMING; MONGOLIA; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

BOTSWANA; GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

EID: 84863520772     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204704y     Document Type: Article

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