Output details
15 - General Engineering
Oxford Brookes University
Article title
Energy pay-back time: methodological caveats and future scenarios
Type
D - Journal article
DOI
Title of journal
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
Article number
-
Volume number
21
Issue number
4
First page of article
797
ISSN of journal
10627995
Year of publication
2012
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
This paper tackles some crucially important but often overlooked methodological aspects of the most widely-adopted energy performance indicator in the literature dealing with the environmental performance of photovoltaics, namely energy pay-back time (EPBT). Specifically, it analyses the effects of technological improvements and changes in the grid mix on EPBT. The relevance of this paper was acknowledged by field experts from 12 countries participating in the International Energy Agency Photovoltaics Power Systems Programme (PVPS), as evidenced by its being cited in Report IEA-PVPS T12-03:2011 “Methodology Guidelines on Life Cycle Assessment of Photovoltaic Electricity” .
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
C - Sustainable Engineering and Innovation
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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