Abstract
Belgium has undertaken to reduce its contribution to greenhouse effect gas emissions, with the objective of achieving a 7.5 % reduction from the 1990 level of emission during the 2008- 2012 period. The means and measures implemented to reach that objective are aimed at rational energy use on the demand side, and on the offer side, the gradual integration of less polluting energy sources. The purpose of this paper is to assess the potential contribution of the solar photovoltaic business to the emission reduction in Belgium. The methodology used involves the analysis of the life cycle in order to determine the specific emission factor of that industry, based on the manufacturing cycle for a 3 kWc unit. Three assumptions are taken into consideration: making the units recycles the residues of the semiconductor production industry, - the SiCl{sub 4} is a co-product of the silicon polycrystalline production phase, - all the emissions of the process are attributed to the production of the PV units. In the three cases, the emission factor is respectively 77, 235 and 326 g CO{sub 2} per kWh of electricity produced, assuming that the module produces 3,470 kWh per year and that its lifetime is 20 years,
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Tchouate Heteu, Pepin Magloire;
Martin, J
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- Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Dept. de Mecanique, Unite de Thermodynamique et Turbomachines, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
Citation Formats
Tchouate Heteu, Pepin Magloire, and Martin, J.
The solar photovoltaic business: carbon dioxide emission reduction potential in Belgium; La filiere solaire photovoltaique: potentiel de reduction des emissions de CO{sub 2} en Belgique.
France: N. p.,
2003.
Web.
Tchouate Heteu, Pepin Magloire, & Martin, J.
The solar photovoltaic business: carbon dioxide emission reduction potential in Belgium; La filiere solaire photovoltaique: potentiel de reduction des emissions de CO{sub 2} en Belgique.
France.
Tchouate Heteu, Pepin Magloire, and Martin, J.
2003.
"The solar photovoltaic business: carbon dioxide emission reduction potential in Belgium; La filiere solaire photovoltaique: potentiel de reduction des emissions de CO{sub 2} en Belgique."
France.
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title = {The solar photovoltaic business: carbon dioxide emission reduction potential in Belgium; La filiere solaire photovoltaique: potentiel de reduction des emissions de CO{sub 2} en Belgique}
author = {Tchouate Heteu, Pepin Magloire, and Martin, J}
abstractNote = {Belgium has undertaken to reduce its contribution to greenhouse effect gas emissions, with the objective of achieving a 7.5 % reduction from the 1990 level of emission during the 2008- 2012 period. The means and measures implemented to reach that objective are aimed at rational energy use on the demand side, and on the offer side, the gradual integration of less polluting energy sources. The purpose of this paper is to assess the potential contribution of the solar photovoltaic business to the emission reduction in Belgium. The methodology used involves the analysis of the life cycle in order to determine the specific emission factor of that industry, based on the manufacturing cycle for a 3 kWc unit. Three assumptions are taken into consideration: making the units recycles the residues of the semiconductor production industry, - the SiCl{sub 4} is a co-product of the silicon polycrystalline production phase, - all the emissions of the process are attributed to the production of the PV units. In the three cases, the emission factor is respectively 77, 235 and 326 g CO{sub 2} per kWh of electricity produced, assuming that the module produces 3,470 kWh per year and that its lifetime is 20 years, Based on similar studies, that study finds that the emission factor of the PV solar industry ranges from 60 to 325 g CO{sub 2} per kWh of electricity. Therefore the PV solar industry offers a 126 to 396 g CO{sub 2} per kWh reduction potential compared with a TGV plant at a 55 % output, which is used as a reference in Belgium. The Belgian photovoltaic solar electricity production potential estimation gives values ranging from 0.6 to 20 TWh per year based on the surface areas of rooms and walls that can accommodate PV units. With the hypothesis of a 10 % usage of that technical potential, the carbon dioxide reduction potential in Belgium using photovoltaic solar energy ranges from 252,000 to 792,000 tons a year. (authors)}
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title = {The solar photovoltaic business: carbon dioxide emission reduction potential in Belgium; La filiere solaire photovoltaique: potentiel de reduction des emissions de CO{sub 2} en Belgique}
author = {Tchouate Heteu, Pepin Magloire, and Martin, J}
abstractNote = {Belgium has undertaken to reduce its contribution to greenhouse effect gas emissions, with the objective of achieving a 7.5 % reduction from the 1990 level of emission during the 2008- 2012 period. The means and measures implemented to reach that objective are aimed at rational energy use on the demand side, and on the offer side, the gradual integration of less polluting energy sources. The purpose of this paper is to assess the potential contribution of the solar photovoltaic business to the emission reduction in Belgium. The methodology used involves the analysis of the life cycle in order to determine the specific emission factor of that industry, based on the manufacturing cycle for a 3 kWc unit. Three assumptions are taken into consideration: making the units recycles the residues of the semiconductor production industry, - the SiCl{sub 4} is a co-product of the silicon polycrystalline production phase, - all the emissions of the process are attributed to the production of the PV units. In the three cases, the emission factor is respectively 77, 235 and 326 g CO{sub 2} per kWh of electricity produced, assuming that the module produces 3,470 kWh per year and that its lifetime is 20 years, Based on similar studies, that study finds that the emission factor of the PV solar industry ranges from 60 to 325 g CO{sub 2} per kWh of electricity. Therefore the PV solar industry offers a 126 to 396 g CO{sub 2} per kWh reduction potential compared with a TGV plant at a 55 % output, which is used as a reference in Belgium. The Belgian photovoltaic solar electricity production potential estimation gives values ranging from 0.6 to 20 TWh per year based on the surface areas of rooms and walls that can accommodate PV units. With the hypothesis of a 10 % usage of that technical potential, the carbon dioxide reduction potential in Belgium using photovoltaic solar energy ranges from 252,000 to 792,000 tons a year. (authors)}
journal = []
issue = {551}
journal type = {AC}
place = {France}
year = {2003}
month = {Nov}
}