Life-cycle analyses of very-large scale PV systems using six types of PV modules

Masakazu Ito; Keiichi Komoto; Kosuke Kurokawa

doi:10.1016/j.cap.2009.11.028

Life-cycle analyses of very-large scale PV systems using six types of PV modules

Masakazu Ito^*, Keiichi Komoto, Kosuke Kurokawa

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The authors have been studied the life-cycle analysis of the VLS-PV systems installed in desert area using sc-Si, mc-Si, a-Si/sc-Si, a-Si/μc-Si, CdTe, and CIS PV modules. The sc-Si and a-Si/sc-Si, a-Si/μc-Si are new items from the last studies [1]. It is assumed 1 GW system in Gobi desert including transmission lines. We estimated energy requirement, energy pay-back time, CO₂ emissions, and CO₂ emissions rate. Concerning the energy requirement, the CIS is the smallest, and biggest energy requirement is the sc-Si. The mc-Si, a-Si/sc-Si, thin-film Si and CdTe are average. The energy pay-back time of the CIS's VLS-PV system is approximately 1.8 years, and sc-Si is 2.5 years. The others are approximately 2.0-2.3 years. Characteristics of the CO₂ emissions rate are almost same as energy pay-back time. The CO₂ emissions rate is 43-54 g-CO₂/kW h. The mc-Si, a-Si/sc-Si, and CIS shows lower CO₂ emissions rate.

Original language	English
Journal	Current Applied Physics
Volume	10
Issue number	2 SUPPL.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2009.11.028
Publication status	Published - 2010 Mar
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CO emissions rate
Desert
Energy pay-back time
LCA
VLS-PV

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Physics and Astronomy(all)

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