Environmental, health and safety assessment of photovoltaics

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6335626

Rose, E C

The environmental, health, and safety (E, H and S) concerns associated with the fabrication, deployment, and decommissioning of photovoltaic (PV) systems in terrestial applications are identified and assessed. Discussion is limited to crystalline silicon technologies. The primary E, H, and S concerns that arise during collector fabrication are associated with occupational exposure to materials of undetermined toxicity or to materials that are known to be hazardous, but for which process control technology may be inadequate. Stricter exposure standards are anticipated for some materials and may indicate a need for further control technology development. Minimizing electric shock hazards is a significant concern during system construction, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning.

• Research Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6335626
• Report Number(s): N-84-28267; NASA-CR-173739; JPL-PUBL-83-88
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
570000 -- Health & Safety
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
MANUFACTURING
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SAFETY
SEMIMETALS
SILICON
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT