TY - JOUR
T1 - A preliminary study on potential for very large-scale photovoltaic power generation (VLS-PV) system in the Gobi desert from economic and environmental viewpoints
AU - Ito, Masakazu
AU - Kato, Kazuhiko
AU - Sugihara, Hiroyuki
AU - Kichimi, Tetsuo
AU - Song, Jinsoo
AU - Kurokawa, Kosuke
PY - 2003/2/1
Y1 - 2003/2/1
N2 - A 100 MW very large-scale photovoltaic power generation (VLS-PV) system is designed assuming that it will be installed in the Gobi desert, which is one of the major deserts in the world. Array arrangement, array support, foundation, wiring, and so on are designed in detail. Then energy payback time (EPT), life-cycle CO2 emission rate and generation cost of the system are estimated based on the methodology of life-cycle analysis. As a result of the estimation, 1.7 year of EPT and 12g C/kWh of CO2 emission rate are obtained. These show that VLS-PV in the Gobi desert would be very promising for the global energy and environmental issues. The generation cost is calculated at 8.6cent/kWh assuming that PV module price is one US $/W and system lifetime is 30 years.
AB - A 100 MW very large-scale photovoltaic power generation (VLS-PV) system is designed assuming that it will be installed in the Gobi desert, which is one of the major deserts in the world. Array arrangement, array support, foundation, wiring, and so on are designed in detail. Then energy payback time (EPT), life-cycle CO2 emission rate and generation cost of the system are estimated based on the methodology of life-cycle analysis. As a result of the estimation, 1.7 year of EPT and 12g C/kWh of CO2 emission rate are obtained. These show that VLS-PV in the Gobi desert would be very promising for the global energy and environmental issues. The generation cost is calculated at 8.6cent/kWh assuming that PV module price is one US $/W and system lifetime is 30 years.
KW - Desert
KW - Economic analysis
KW - Energy pay-back
KW - Environment effect
KW - PV system
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U2 - 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00198-8
DO - 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00198-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:6444245001
SN - 0927-0248
VL - 75
SP - 507
EP - 517
JO - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
JF - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
IS - 3-4
ER -
