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Environmental impacts of crystalline silicon photovoltaic module production
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ECN
Solar Energy
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1-1-2006
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ECN-RX--06-010
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Conference Paper
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10
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Presented at: Materials Research Society Fall 2005 Meeting, Boston, USA, 28 november 2005-2 december 2005.
Abstract:
Together with a number of PV companies an extensive effort has been
made to collect Life Cycle Inventory data that represents the
current status of
production technology for crystalline silicon modules. The new data
cover all processes from silicon feedstock production to cell and module
manufacturing. All commercial wafer technologies are covered, that is
multi- and monocrystalline wafers as well as ribbon technology. The
presented data should be representative for the technology status in
2004, although for monocrystalline Si crystallisation further improvement
of the data quality is recommended. On the basis of the new data it
is shown that c-Si PV systems are in a good position to compe
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