Environmental impacts of large-scale grid-connected ground-mounted PV installations

Renewable Energy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-6

  Beylot, Antoine ^a   Payet, JérÔme ^a   Puech, Clément ^b   Adra, Nadine ^b   Jacquin, Philippe ^c   Blanc, Isabelle ^d   Beloin Saint Pierre, Didier ^d  

^a CYCLECO   (France)

^b allée Claude Debussy   (France)

^c PHK Consultants   (France)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; LCA; PV installations

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INSTALLATION; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; MOUNTINGS;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; KEY DESIGN PARAMETERS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; PV INSTALLATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ALUMINUM; DESIGN METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SILICON; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84883559910     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.04.051     Document Type: Article

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