Spatiotemporal analysis of the future carbon footprint of solar electricity in the United States by a dynamic life cycle assessment

Spatiotemporal analysis of the future carbon footprint of solar electricity in the United States by a dynamic life cycle assessment

Summary: Solar photovoltaics (PVs) installation would increase 20-fold by 2050; however, considerable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are generated during the cradle-to-gate production, with spatiotemporal variances depending on the grid emission. Thus, a dynamic life cycle assessment (LCA) model was...

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Main Authors: Jiaqi Lu, Jing Tang, Rui Shan, Guanghui Li, Pinhua Rao, Nan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-03-01
Series:iScience
Subjects:
energy sustainability
environmental assessment
global carbon cycle
risk assessment
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223002651

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