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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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26 Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems
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costs for manufacturing are the substrate on which the thin lms are deposited, the lm-
deposition process, and facility operation although there can be substantial energy used
in mining and processing rare earth minerals. NREL reported that it takes 120 kWh/m
2
to
make frameless, amorphous-silicon PV modules. Adding another 120 kWh/m
2
for a frame
and support structure for a rooftop-mounted, grid-connected system, assuming 6% con-
version efciency (standard conditions) and 1700 kWh/m
2
per year of available sunlight
energy, the energy payback is about 3 years and the ...
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ISBN: 9781466556966