Environmental impacts of solar energy systems: A review

MKH Rabaia, MA Abdelkareem, ET Sayed… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The annual increases in global energy consumption, along with its environmental issues
and concerns, are playing significant roles in the massive sustainable and renewable global …

Research and development priorities for silicon photovoltaic module recycling to support a circular economy

GA Heath, TJ Silverman, M Kempe, M Deceglie… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Large-scale deployment of photovoltaic (PV) modules has considerably increased in recent
decades. Given an estimated lifetime of 30 years, the challenge of how to handle large …

A comparative life cycle assessment of silicon PV modules: Impact of module design, manufacturing location and inventory

A Müller, L Friedrich, C Reichel, S Herceg… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of single-crystalline silicon (sc-Si) photovoltaic (PV)
systems often disregard novel module designs (eg glass-glass modules) and the fast pace …

Prospects of life cycle assessment of renewable energy from solar photovoltaic technologies: A review

NA Ludin, NI Mustafa, MM Hanafiah, MA Ibrahim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a comprehensive method used to investigate the
environmental impacts and energy use of a product throughout its entire life cycle. For solar …

Modeling and optimization of a hybrid renewable energy system integrated with gas turbine and energy storage

K Jia, C Liu, S Li, D Jiang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The inherent fluctuation and intermittence of wind power and solar photovoltaics pose great
difficulty for stable power grid operation. Aiming at enhancing their exploitation efficiency …

Review on life cycle assessment of solar photovoltaic panels

V Muteri, M Cellura, D Curto, V Franzitta, S Longo… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The photovoltaic (PV) sector has undergone both major expansion and evolution over the
last decades, and currently, the technologies already marketed or still in the …

Tidal current energy harvesting technologies: A review of current status and life cycle assessment

G Li, W Zhu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
As an abundant, clean, and predictable source of renewable energy, tidal current energy
provides a cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels. Tidal current energy harvesting …

Recent progress towards photovoltaics' circular economy

MKH Rabaia, C Semeraro, AG Olabi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Massive expansions in the global population and the global digitalization throughout the
industrial revolution are causing energy security issues that are no longer environmentally …

Photovoltaic-green roofs: A review of benefits, limitations, and trends

M Shafique, X Luo, J Zuo - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Photovoltaic (PV)-green roofs, a new development integrating the PV system with a
green roof, provide additional benefits for renewable electricity production as compared to …

Life cycle assessment of grid-connected photovoltaic power generation from crystalline silicon solar modules in China

G Hou, H Sun, Z Jiang, Z Pan, Y Wang, X Zhang… - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The environmental impacts of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) power generation from
crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar modules in China have been investigated using life cycle …