Potential environmental problems of photovoltaic energy technology

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:7012512

Hendrey, G R; Moskowitz, P D; Patten, D; Berry, W; Conway, H L ^[1]

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Separate abstracts were prepared for the ten papers of this proceedings of a workshop held at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1980. The purposes of this proceedings are to provide a preliminary identificaton and assessment of environmental hazards which might be realistically associated with growth of the photovoltaic industry, and to provide a reference for environmental considerations by obtaining a 1980 state-of-the-art assessment of growth anticipated for the industry. Currently the industry is considered to be in the early stages of development and several possible technological options are available for large-scale manufacturing as the industry grows. Estimates of the industrial emissions of materials considered to be potentially harmful in the environment were obtained by several different analytical methods. (KRM)

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 7012512
• Report Number(s): BNL-51431; CONF-8006243-; ON: DE82020552
• Resource Relation: Conference: Potential environmental problems of photovoltaic energy technology workshop, Upton, NY, USA, 18 Jun 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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