Techno-economic analysis and life-cycle environmental impacts of small-scale building-integrated PV systems in Greece

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 277-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeliki Sagani ◽  
John Mihelis ◽  
Vassilis Dedoussis
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Pv Systems

scholarly journals Using Life Cycle Assessment to Determine the Environmental Impacts Caused by Solar Photovoltaic Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 02005
Author(s):  
Anushka Pal ◽  
Jeff Kilby
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv Systems ◽  
Silicon Ingot ◽  
Pv Panel

The paper presents research that investigated the Life Cycle Assessment of multi-crystalline photovoltaic (PV) panels, by considering environmental impacts of the entire life cycle for any solar PVsystems. The overall manufacturing process of a solar PV panel ranging from silica extraction, crystalline silicon ingot growth, wavering to module fabrication and packing of the solar PV panel. The results from this research showed that the module assembly and cell processing of the manufacturing process contributed towards the main environmental impacts of the life cycle of solar PV systems.

scholarly journals Effect of Nutrient Removal and Resource Recovery on Life Cycle Cost and Environmental Impacts of a Small Scale Water Resource Recovery Facility

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Morelli ◽  
Sarah Cashman ◽  
Xin Ma ◽  
Jay Garland ◽  
Jason Turgeon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Nutrient Removal ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Resource Recovery ◽  
Biological Nutrient Removal ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Legacy System

To limit effluent impacts on eutrophication in receiving waterbodies, a small community water resource recovery facility (WRRF) upgraded its conventional activated sludge treatment process for biological nutrient removal, and considered enhanced primary settling and anaerobic digestion (AD) with co-digestion of high strength organic waste (HSOW). The community initiated the resource recovery hub concept with the intention of converting an energy-consuming wastewater treatment plant into a facility that generates energy and nutrients and reuses water. We applied life cycle assessment and life cycle cost assessment to evaluate the net impact of the potential conversion. The upgraded WRRF reduced eutrophication impacts by 40% compared to the legacy system. Other environmental impacts such as global climate change potential (GCCP) and cumulative energy demand (CED) were strongly affected by AD and composting assumptions. The scenario analysis showed that HSOW co-digestion with energy recovery can lead to reductions in GCCP and CED of 7% and 108%, respectively, for the upgraded WRRF (high feedstock-base AD performance scenarios) relative to the legacy system. The cost analysis showed that using the full digester capacity and achieving high digester performance can reduce the life cycle cost of WRRF upgrades by 15% over a 30-year period.

scholarly journals How (Carbon) Negative Is Direct Air Capture? Life Cycle Assessment of an Industrial Temperature-Vacuum Swing Adsorption Process

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Deutz ◽  
André Bardow
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Direct Air Capture ◽  
Negative Emissions ◽  
Air Capture

Current climate targets require negative emissions. Direct air capture (DAC) is a promising negative emission technology, but energy and materials demands lead to trade-offs with indirect emissions and other environmental impacts. Here, we show by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that the first commercial DAC plants in Hinwil and Hellisheiði can achieve negative emissions already today with carbon capture efficiencies of 85.4 % and 93.1 %. Climate benefits of DAC, however, depend strongly on the energy source. When using low-carbon energy, as in Hellisheiði, adsorbent choice and plant construction become important with up to 45 and 15 gCO<sub>2e</sub> per kg CO<sub>2</sub> captured, respectively. Large-scale deployment of DAC for 1 % of the global annual CO<sub>2</sub> emissions would not be limited by material and energy availability. However, current small-scale production of amines for adsorbent production would be needed to be scaled up by an order of magnitude. Other environmental impacts would increase by less than 0.057 %. Energy source and efficiency are essential for DAC to enable both negative emissions and low-carbon fuels.<br>

An Alternative Approach to PV System Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Solar Energy ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Larsen ◽  
Jennifer Szaro ◽  
William Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Life Cycle Costs ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Pv Systems ◽  
The Impact

This analysis uses actual installed system costs from available data to better assess and understand the real installed and life cycle costs for small-scale photovoltaic (PV) installations. Most PV systems are sold on the basis of first cost, but in addition to these first costs, system owners must consider operation and maintenance (O&M) costs and down time, as well as energy savings [1]. The challenge in developing realistic life cycle costs is that most databases have only new data available, and only one database — that maintained by the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) — contains performance information along with cost and maintenance data. The goals of this effort are to: 1. Characterize the actual life cycle costs (LCC) of PV systems installed in Florida and tracked since 1998. 2. Develop a benchmark of PV LCC that will aid in prioritizing cost improvement steps and feed into the U.S. Department of Energy and its subcontractors’ efforts to develop a baseline for grid-connected small residential and larger commercial PV system costs. 3. Develop an easy to use and modify LCC model that allows sensitivity analysis and input of new data as it becomes available. The PV system LCC model developed and used here is based on statistical methods, which provide us with a range of expected outcomes. The Monte Carlo technique allows the use of repeated simulation iterations to mimic a population sample. For inputs, the model relies largely on data from FSEC’s performance and maintenance databases, and where appropriate simplifying assumptions are explained. Beyond establishing an LCC baseline, this project considers the sensitivity of the total LCC to various inputs and thereby provides guidance on the question of where to put valuable resources to substantially reduce PV system costs. Further discussion is offered concerning the additional value of this model in determining the impact of various methods of PV system performance tracking.

Life Cycle Analysis of the Raseta Pump Using OpenLCA

2022 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 139-154
Author(s):  
Andriamahefasoa Rajaonison ◽  
Hery Tiana Rakotondramiarana
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Pipe Material ◽  
Pumping System ◽  
Water Pumping ◽  
Supply Pipe ◽  
New Type ◽  
Solar Pump

Developed and crafted in Madagascar, the Raseta pump is a novel hydraulic ram (hydram) pump using a springs system. It operates differently from other pumps by the exclusive use of water energy due to the water hammer phenomenon induced by the sudden stop of the water flow. The present study initiates the investigation of the environmental impacts of this new type of hydram pump through a life cycle analysis using OpenLCA 1.8. It was found that, when operating in a small-scale water pumping system, the choice of the pump supply pipe material has small differences of environmental impacts, whether the material is made of steel or polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Moreover, compared to a solar pump for the same pumping flow rate, the use of the Raseta pump is more environmentally friendly and less harmful to human health. However, the actual advantageous utilization of such a system needs further studies such as social and techno-economic analysis.

scholarly journals The discussion of the environmental impacts cost about the progress of power station

2018 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 04006
Author(s):  
CHEN Wen ◽  
YAN Tao ◽  
CAI Wen ◽  
Yang Hong-yan ◽  
WAN Zhong-hai
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Economics ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Inventory Analysis ◽  
Power Station ◽  
Technical And Economic Analysis ◽  
Solid Foundation

The key in the life cycle assessment is how to measure the environmental impacts. In this paper the environmental impacts of power station was measured by the money. Based on the statistic data in all country the environmental impacts cost of power station was concluded, which was combined with the inventory analysis of power station and applied the results of the environmental economics in our country. On this result, it can be further combined with the conventional technical and economic analysis of the power station, which lays a solid foundation for the comprehensive evaluation of TEE (technology, economy and environment) of the production process of the power station.

Life Cycle Development of Successful Women-owned Enterprises

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 142-152
Author(s):  
Mohammad Waliul Hasanat ◽  
Kamna Anum ◽  
Ashikul Hoque ◽  
Mahmud Hamid ◽  
Sandy Francis Peris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Theoretical Finding ◽  
Successful Women ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Life Cycle Development

In developing countries, the role of women in the business sector is continuously improving. As a result, female enterprises have also been encouraged in Pakistan. This study is based on life cycle development phases from which women-owned enterprises have to go through in order to become successful. As a primary data source, face-to-face interviews with owners of successful women-owned enterprises were preferred. The data collection process was divided into two phases i.e. Phase-I and Phase-II. After data collection, qualitative analysis has been performed using NVIVO. Findings provide both generic and specific factors involved in life cycle development of women-owned enterprises. This study provides a detailed view of life cycle development model followed by successful women enterprises. The outcome of this research work is a theoretical finding which can be utilized by entrepreneurs owning small scale enterprises to improve their level of performance. Findings can also be helpful for potentially talented women interested in setting up their own business.

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