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Prospective life cycle assessment of third-generation photovoltaics at the pre-industrial scale: A long-term scenario approach
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ( IF 15.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-11 , DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.109703
M.L. Parisi , S. Maranghi , L. Vesce , A. Sinicropi , A. Di Carlo , R. Basosi

The development of sustainable technologies for energy generation should necessarily undergo sustainability assessment. A well-recognized, valuable tool to accomplish this task is the life cycle assessment. In particular, prospective life cycle assessment can provide the useful methodological framework to calculate eco-profiles of third-generation photovoltaic technologies with a future-oriented perspective. In this paper, we present the life cycle assessment of a real semi-industrial production process of dye-sensitized solar modules performed by the Italian Dyepower consortium.

Due to the unique availability of primary data at the semi-industrial scale, an extensive inventory is built and a long-term approach is implemented based on predictive scenarios featuring technological development and energy mix evolution. The aim is to evaluate of the potential of this technology from an environmental sustainability perspective as a renewable source for electricity generation in the future European energy market, namely, for building integrated applications.

The results demonstrate the well-performing environmental footprint of the device and its pre-industrial fabrication process that, coupled with architectural versatility and remarkable performance in low intensity and diffuse light, make this technology suitable for different niches of the energy market. This analysis also highlights challenges in the fabrication process and identifies the technological improvements, alternative materials and engineering solutions that would further improve the environmental footprint of dye sensitized solar modules. Finally, the proposed life cycle assessment approach, provided that detailed and robust primary data are available, is valid for the investigation of the eco-profile of third generation photovoltaic technologies in terms of environmental sustainability in the European context.



中文翻译:

前工业规模的第三代光伏产品的预期生命周期评估:长期方案方法

用于能源生产的可持续技术的发展必须进行可持续性评估。生命周期评估是一种公认​​的有价值的工具来完成此任务。特别是,预期生命周期评估可以提供有用的方法框架,以面向未来的角度计算第三代光伏技术的生态概况。在本文中,我们介绍了意大利Dyepower财团对染料敏化太阳能电池组件进行的实际半工业生产过程的生命周期评估。

由于半工业规模的原始数据具有独特的可用性,因此建立了广泛的清单,并基于以技术发展和能源结构演变为特征的预测方案实施了长期方法。目的是从环境可持续性的角度评估该技术的潜力,作为未来欧洲能源市场中的可再生能源,即建筑集成应用。

结果证明了该设备良好的环境足迹及其工业化前的制造过程,再加上建筑的多功能性以及在低强度和漫射光下的出色性能,使该技术适用于能源市场的各个领域。该分析还突出了制造过程中的挑战,并确定了将进一步改善染料敏化太阳能模块的环境足迹的技术改进,替代材料和工程解决方案。最后,在可获得详细而可靠的主要数据的前提下,提出的生命周期评估方法对于在欧洲范围内就环境可持续性而言研究第三代光伏技术的生态概况是有效的。

更新日期:2020-01-21
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