Energy payback time and carbon footprint of commercial photovoltaic systems

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 296-305

  De Wild Scholten, M J ^a  

^a SmartGreenScans ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Crystalline silicon; Energy payback time; Life cycle assessment; Photovoltaic systems; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; ELECTRICITY INTENSITIES; ENERGY PAY BACK TIME; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; GAS EMISSIONS; INGOTS; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYSILICON; ROOFS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84884908389     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.08.037     Document Type: Article

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