Options
2010
Conference Paper
Titel
Carbon footprint assessment of photovoltaic modules manufacture scenario
Abstract
The influence of production sites location within process design and optimization is addressed to consider operational costs such as transportation or labor. But when the environmental sustainability of a system product is considered in terms of Life Cycle Assessment, this influence is sometimes minimized due to the lack of reliable data. The impact of grid mix in each echelon within the supply chain of a product can be significant. In this work, it is demonstrated the influence of the location of production sites for photovoltaic solar modules in the final environmental profile, expressed as CO2-eq. Results show, that the Global Warming metric can be as large as twice when using this global approach.
Author(s)
Dominguez-Ramos, A.
Univ. of Cantabria, Dep. of Chemical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry, Santander