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Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production

Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance

  • 1st Edition - June 21, 2016
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Senthilarasu Sundaram, David Benson, Tapas Kumar Mallick
  • Language: English

Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance provides an overview of the emerging industrial PV sector, its technolog… Read more

Description

Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance provides an overview of the emerging industrial PV sector, its technologies, and the regulatory frameworks supporting them. This new book reviews and categorizes the potential environmental impacts of several main PV technologies, examining the extent to which current EU governance frameworks regulate such impacts. By identifying the gaps or regulatory mismatches and creating a basis for normative recommendations on governance change, this book analyzes potential governance implications and their impacts in relation to manufacturers upscaling PV production techniques.

Key features

  • Fills the need for a coherent source of information on the potential impacts of different PV technologies
  • Provides comprehensive coverage of lifecycle analysis (LCA) of PV technologies in a single reference
  • Analyzes relevant governance arrangements for researchers and manufacturers

Readership

Researchers, engineers and professionals engaged in developing PV technologies, PV implementation and global PV manufacturers

Table of contents

  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
    • Abstract
    • 1.1 Introduction
    • 1.2 Brief Historical Overview and Current State of the PV Sector
    • 1.3 Aims and Objectives of the Book
    • 1.4 Structure of the Book
  • Chapter 2: Overview of the PV Industry and Different Technologies
    • Abstract
    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 First Generation PV Technologies
    • 2.3 Second Generation PV Technologies
    • 2.4 Third Generation PV Technologies
    • 2.5 Conclusions
  • Chapter 3: Potential Environmental Impacts From Solar Energy Technologies
    • Abstract
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Processing and Life Cycle of PV Systems
    • 3.3 Manufacturing of Silicon
    • 3.4 TF PV Materials
    • 3.5 New Generation Solar Cells
    • 3.6 PV Recycling Hazardous Materials
    • 3.7 Conclusions
  • Chapter 4: The Sustainability of Solar PV Governance: A Comparative International Perspective
    • Abstract
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 Solar PV Governance—United States
    • 4.3 European Union, the United Kingdom and Germany
    • 4.4 India
    • 4.5 China
    • 4.6 Conclusions
  • Chapter 5: A Normative Perspective on Governing Solar PV Sustainability
    • Abstract
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Solar PV Governance—Sustainability Principles in Practice
    • 5.3 Normative Sustainability Principles for Global Solar PV Governance?
    • 5.4 Practical Application
    • 5.5 Summary
  • Chapter 6: Future Issues and Recommendations
    • Abstract
    • 6.1 Introduction
    • 6.2 Recommendations
    • 6.3 Conclusions
  • Index

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 21, 2016
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Senthilarasu Sundaram

Senthilarasu Sundaram is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom. His research interests focus on sustainable energy technologies to create environmentally sustainable materials for energy generation and storage, building integrated applications, thermal storage, water remediation, and low-carbon heating applications.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK

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David Benson

David Benson is a Senior Lecturer based in the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) at the University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall. His research encompasses a range of issue areas at the interface between political and environmental sciences, most notably EU environmental and energy policy, comparative environmental governance and public participation in environmental decision-making
Affiliations and expertise
Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, UK

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Tapas Kumar Mallick

Prof. Tapas Kumar Mallick is currently the Chair in Clean Technologies (Renewables) within the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) and leads the Solar Energy Research Group at the University of Exeter, in the United Kingdom. He is Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor to the Build Solar Ltd., a spin-out company from the University of Exeter. He is also Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, in Saudi Arabia, and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. Prof. Mallick has lead several international projects, including the UK-India project “BioCPV”, empowering 24/7 electricity to 46 households in rural Indian villages. Prof. Mallick is also the Section Editor for Energy Sources in the Journal of Energies. He received the British Indian Award for Services to Education in 2016, and Cornwall Sustainability Award in 2018. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies, FWSSET. He has published over 450 research articles, holds two patents on solar technology, has successfully supervised 34 PhD candidates to completion, has delivered over 50 keynote speeches around the world, and has acted as expert panel chair/member for many organisations in the UK and globally.
Affiliations and expertise
Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, UK

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