Life cycle water usage in CdTe photovoltaics

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 429-432

  Sinha, Parikhit ^a   Meader, Amy ^a   De Wild Scholten, Mariska ^b  

^a FIRST SOLAR   (United States)

^b Smart Green Scans   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental management; thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules and manufacturing; water resources

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF SYSTEMS; CDTE; CHEMICAL USE; COOLING TOWER WATER; GRID ELECTRICITY; MODULE MANUFACTURING; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; PV ARRAYS; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER USAGE; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84871794856     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2214375     Document Type: Article

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