Table 7 Environmental impact of the different PV systems.

From: Comprehensive investigation of rooftop photovoltaic power plants with monocrystalline polycrystalline and thin-film technologies for exergy economic and environmental assessments

System

\({\text{PE}}_{{\text{CO}}_{2}}\) \((\text{ton})\)

\({\text{PE}}_{{\text{CO}}_{2}}\) \((\text{kg}/{\text{m}}^{2})\)

\({\text{PE}}_{\text{GWP}}\) \((\text{ton }{\text{CO}}_{2}\text{eq})\)

\({\text{PS}}_{{\text{CO}}_{2}}\)

\(\left(\frac{\text{tons }{\text{CO}}_{2}}{\text{yr}}\right)\)

\({\text{PS}}_{{\text{A}.\text{CO}}_{2}}\)

\(\left(\frac{{\text{kgCO}}_{2}}{\text{yr}.{\text{m}}^{2}}\right)\)

\({\text{PS}}_{\text{GWP}}\) \(\left(\frac{{\text{tonsCO}}_{2}\text{eq}}{\text{yr}}\right)\)

\({\text{PS}}_{\text{A}.\text{GWP}}\) \(\left(\frac{{\text{kgCO}}_{2}\text{eq}}{\text{yr}.{\text{m}}^{2}}\right)\)

m-Si

12.75

838.46

13.4

1.24

81.55

1.3

85.49

p-Si

8.83

526.67

9.27

2.11

125.85

2.22

132.41

a-Si

6.79

242.5

7.14

2.86

102.14

3.01

107.5

Combined PV system

39.32

655.64

41.32

6.2

103.38

6.53

108.88