Impact of cell technology, installation types and scales on energy evaluation metrics of PV systems

Suleiman A. Halasah; David Pearlmutter; Daniel Feuermann

Impact of cell technology, installation types and scales on energy evaluation metrics of PV systems

Suleiman A. Halasah, David Pearlmutter, Daniel Feuermann

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

We evaluate the impact of system installation types, cell material and tracking strategies on the evaluation metrics of PV systems such as energy payback time (EPBT), return factor (ERF) and CO₂ emissions offset. As candidate power producing systems we consider a range of PV cell materials, different tracking strategies, as well as concentrating photovoltaic. We conclude that utilizing existing structures significantly reduces the energy payback time of flat-plate PV. High-efficiency concentrating PV installations yielded the shortest EPBT, the highest ERF and the largest life-cycle CO ₂ offsets. Considering the use of land, we find that a greater life-cycle energy return and carbon offset per unit land area is yielded by locally-integrated non-concentrating systems.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011, SWC 2011
Pages	4284-4294
Number of pages	11
State	Published - 1 Dec 2011
Event	30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011, SWC 2011 - Kassel, Germany Duration: 28 Aug 2011 → 2 Sep 2011

Publication series

Name	30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011, SWC 2011
Volume	6

Conference

Conference	30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011, SWC 2011
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Kassel
Period	28/08/11 → 2/09/11

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Halasah, SA, Pearlmutter, D & Feuermann, D 2011, Impact of cell technology, installation types and scales on energy evaluation metrics of PV systems. in 30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011, SWC 2011. 30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011, SWC 2011, vol. 6, pp. 4284-4294, 30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011, SWC 2011, Kassel, Germany, 28/08/11.

Impact of cell technology, installation types and scales on energy evaluation metrics of PV systems. / Halasah, Suleiman A.; Pearlmutter, David; Feuermann, Daniel.
30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011, SWC 2011. 2011. p. 4284-4294 (30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011, SWC 2011; Vol. 6).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Impact of cell technology, installation types and scales on energy evaluation metrics of PV systems

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