(Green Energy and Technology)
by Antonio Urbina (Author)
This book provides a detailed life cycle assessment of
photovoltaic technologies in order to analyse the environmental and
socioeconomic impacts that a large deployment of solar photovoltaic
systems will produce in the near future.
Including both
commercial and emerging technologies, the book presents the energy and
materials requirements to manufacture solar electricity power systems at
the order of the TeraWatt scale deployment as is envisaged by the
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) for the near future. It
discusses current manufacturing practices and how these may be adapted
in the future including:
- reuse and recycling of components and materials;
- raw material supply chains to the manufacturing factories; and
- end-of-life procedures including recycling and landfilling of modules.
The
environmental and socioeconomic impacts of solar energy are analysed in
detail, providing recommendations for standardization and regulations
in order to make photovoltaic technologies, both current and emerging, a
really sustainable alternative for the supply of “greener” electricity.
