Review of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation Systems
This paper contains an extensive review of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from different material-based photovoltaic (PV) and working mechanism-based concentrating solar power (CSP) electricity generation systems. Statistical evaluation of the life cycle GHG em...
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| author | Raghava Kommalapati Akhil Kadiyala Md. Tarkik Shahriar Ziaul Huque |
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| description | This paper contains an extensive review of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from different material-based photovoltaic (PV) and working mechanism-based concentrating solar power (CSP) electricity generation systems. Statistical evaluation of the life cycle GHG emissions is conducted to assess the role of different PVs and CSPs in reducing GHG emissions. The widely-used parabolic trough and central receiver CSP electricity generation systems emitted approximately 50% more GHGs than the paraboloidal dish, solar chimney, and solar pond CSP electricity generation systems. The cadmium telluride PVs and solar pond CSPs contributed to minimum life cycle GHGs. Thin-film PVs are also suitable for wider implementation, due to their lower Energy Pay-Back Time (EPBT) periods, in addition to lower GHG emission, in comparison with c-Si PVs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bece80cd57b240f0b251b7627b7064d92022-12-22T02:21:32ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732017-03-0110335010.3390/en10030350en10030350Review of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation SystemsRaghava Kommalapati0Akhil Kadiyala1Md. Tarkik Shahriar2Ziaul Huque3Center for Energy & Environmental Sustainability, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USACenter for Energy & Environmental Sustainability, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USACenter for Energy & Environmental Sustainability, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USAThis paper contains an extensive review of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from different material-based photovoltaic (PV) and working mechanism-based concentrating solar power (CSP) electricity generation systems. Statistical evaluation of the life cycle GHG emissions is conducted to assess the role of different PVs and CSPs in reducing GHG emissions. The widely-used parabolic trough and central receiver CSP electricity generation systems emitted approximately 50% more GHGs than the paraboloidal dish, solar chimney, and solar pond CSP electricity generation systems. The cadmium telluride PVs and solar pond CSPs contributed to minimum life cycle GHGs. Thin-film PVs are also suitable for wider implementation, due to their lower Energy Pay-Back Time (EPBT) periods, in addition to lower GHG emission, in comparison with c-Si PVs.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/3/350life cycle assessmentgreenhouse gas emissionssolar energyphotovoltaicsconcentrating solar powerelectricity generation |
| spellingShingle | Raghava Kommalapati Akhil Kadiyala Md. Tarkik Shahriar Ziaul Huque Review of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation Systems Energies life cycle assessment greenhouse gas emissions solar energy photovoltaics concentrating solar power electricity generation |
| title | Review of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation Systems |
| title_full | Review of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation Systems |
| title_fullStr | Review of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Review of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation Systems |
| title_short | Review of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation Systems |
| title_sort | review of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from different photovoltaic and concentrating solar power electricity generation systems |
| topic | life cycle assessment greenhouse gas emissions solar energy photovoltaics concentrating solar power electricity generation |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/3/350 |
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