Environmental development plan photovoltaics

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5964875

This EDP for the DOE Photovoltaics (PV) Program briefly describes the goals of the program and identifies potential environmental, health, safety, and socioeconomic impacts relevant to solar photovoltaic systems. These impacts are screened for key issues, i.e., those issues considered to be the most serious in nature, that have near-term importance to the program, and for which current knowledge of effects and control is inadequate. A management plan is then presented for conducting and coordinating environmental research in concert with the technology development effort to ensure that identified environmental issues are resolved prior to significant public deployment of the technology. Key environmental concerns associated with the development and deployment of PV systems have been identified by the March 1978 PV EDP in the following subject areas: (1) release of toxic gases during system operation or malfunction; (2) inhalation of toxic gases and dusts by PV industry workers; and (3) solid waste disposal and effects of gases released during PV material mining, manufacture, and disposal. (WHK)

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5964875
• Report Number(s): DOE/EDP-0031
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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Health
& Safety
299001 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Solar-- (1989-)
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
FAILURES
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MANAGEMENT
MANUFACTURING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NATIONAL PROGRAM PLANS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SAFETY
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLID WASTES
TOXIC MATERIALS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES