Title :
Development of the Supply Chain Optimization and Planning for the Environment (SCOPE) tool - applied to solar energy
Author :
Reich-Weiser, Corinne ; Fletcher, Tristan ; Dornfeld, David A. ; Horne, Steve
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
A supply-chain decision tool is outlined that will assess the life-cycle greenhouse gases and energy demand of solar energy technology using a hybrid LCA structure. Energy and greenhouse gas metrics appropriate for the climate change mitigation goals of solar energy are discussed. Applying this methodology to SolFocus Inc. concentrator systems, preliminary results indicate that the energy payback time of SolFocus Panels can vary from 0.6 to 5 years depending on manufacturing locations. The greenhouse gas payback time, a new metric for energy technologies, varies from 1.1 to 64 years depending on the same factors indicating that greenhouse gas metrics are more sensitive to installation and supply chain decisions than energy metrics.
Keywords :
air pollution; planning; solar power; supply chains; SCOPE; concentrator systems; energy demand; hybrid LCA structure; life-cycle greenhouse; solar energy; supply chain optimization and planning for the environment; Costs; Global warming; Laboratories; Manufacturing processes; Mechanical engineering; Process design; Product design; Solar energy; Supply chains; Transportation; Decision Support Systems; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Operations Research; Solar Energy;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2008. ISEE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2272-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2298-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562871
