Energy Payback Time and CO2 Emissions of PV Systems

Practical Handbook of Photovoltaics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1097-1117

  Alsema, Erik ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance of system; Cost:performance ratio; Energy payback time; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883958870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385934-1.00037-4     Document Type: Chapter

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