Sustainable solar electricity / Antonio Urbina.
Urbina, Antonio, author.
2022
TJ810
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Title Sustainable solar electricity / Antonio Urbina.
Author Urbina, Antonio, author.
ISBN 9783030917715 (electronic bk.)
3030917711 (electronic bk.)
9783030917708 (print)
3030917703
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91771-5
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-91771-5 doi
Call Number TJ810
Dewey Decimal Classification 621.47
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 17, 2022).
Series Green energy and technology, 1865-3537
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783030917708
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Part I: Introduction
Scenarios for Solar Electricity at the TeraWatt Scale
Photovoltaic Technologies
Assessment of Sustainability
Part II: Life Cycle Assessment of PV Modules: From Cradle to Gate
Production of PV Modules
The Limits of Raw Materials
Energy Use in the Production Routes
Impacts of PV Module Manufacture
Part III: life Cycle Assessment of PV Systems: From Gate to Grave
Use Phase and Lifetime of PV Technologies
Recycling and End-of-Life of PV Technologies
Balance of Systems and Storage
Logistics of PV Systems in a Global Market
Part IV: Beyond Life Cycle Assessment: Socioeconomics and Geopolitics of Solar Electricity
Socioeconomic Impacts of Solar Electricity
Overview of Standardization and Regulation for PV Technologies
Solar Electricity and Globalization: Competing in the Electricity Market.

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