Table 7 Environmental impact of the different PV systems.
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 |