Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a comprehensive method used to investigate the
environmental impacts and energy use of a product throughout its entire life cycle. For solar …

Thin film solar cells offer several benefits over conventional first-generation technologies
including lighter weight, flexibility, and a wider range of optoelectronic tunability. Their …

The photovoltaic (PV) sector has undergone both major expansion and evolution over the
last decades, and currently, the technologies already marketed or still in the …

Decarbonization of electricity generation can support climate-change mitigation and
presents an opportunity to address pollution resulting from fossil-fuel combustion. Generally …

There is a fast growing interest in better understanding the energy performance of PV
technologies as evidenced by a large number of recent studies published on this topic. The …

This paper aims to examine the sustainability and environmental performance of PV-based
electricity generation systems by conducting a thorough review of the life cycle assessment …

This paper critically screens 153 lifecycle studies covering a broad range of wind and solar
photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation technologies to identify 41 of the most relevant …

The environmental impacts of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) power generation from
crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar modules in China have been investigated using life cycle …

Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) technology provides an aesthetical, economic, and
technical solution for electricity self-sufficiency in buildings. As one of the most promising …

The research developments with renewable energy source water pumping systems
(RESWPSs) are reviewed in this paper. The reported investigations are categorized into five …