DocumentCode
3407295
Title
The impact of recycling policies on the photovoltaic Levelized Cost of the Electricity
Author
Di Francia, G.
Author_Institution
ENEA, Portici, Italy
fYear
2013
fDate
20-23 Oct. 2013
Firstpage
979
Lastpage
983
Abstract
Recently the EU commission has included the PV panels into the new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive. This paper examines the impact of this decision on the Levelized Cost of photovoltaic energy for silicon solar cells based panels. It is found that panel recycling only slightly affects the Levelized Cost of Electricity and that, if processes of reusing the solar silicon are developed, recycling could even favourably affect the cost itself.
Keywords
costing; elemental semiconductors; photovoltaic power systems; power markets; recycling; silicon; solar cells; EU commission; LCOE; PV panel; Si; WEEE directive; photovoltaic levelized cost of the electricity; recycling policy; silicon solar cell panel; waste electrical and electronic equipment directive; Economic indicators; Electronic waste; Europe; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Recycling; LCOE; PV recycling; WEEE directive;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Madrid
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICRERA.2013.6749894
Filename
6749894
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