Journal
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Volume 70, Issue -, Pages 198-203Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.09.007
Keywords
PV; Photovoltaic; Solar energy; LCA; Environmental analysis; PV waste; Waste scenario
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- National Centre for Research and Development [GEKON2/04/266475/6/2015]
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Rapid growth of the volume of waste from PV cells is expected in the following years. The problem of its utilization seems to be the most important issue for future waste management systems. The environmental impacts of the PV recycling scenario are presented in the manuscript. The analysis is based on the LCA approach and the average data available in specialized databases for silicon standard PV cell is used. The functional unit includes parameters like: efficiency, composition, surface area. The discussion on the environmental impact change due to the location of the PV production and waste processing plants is presented in the manuscript. Additionally, the discussion on the environmental effect of substituting different energy resources with PV cells is presented in the manuscript. The analysis of the PV cell life cycle scenario presented in the article was performed using the SIMA PRO software and data from Ecoinvent 3.0 database together with additional data obtained from other sources. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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