The Energy Return On energy Investment (EROI) metric was introduced to assess “how much energy is gained from an energy production process compared to how much energy is required to extract/grow/produce a new unit of the energy in question”. The EROI of PV has often been reported (...)
The energy return of photovoltaics
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Posting Date | 13 August 2012
Type of News | News from countries
Theme | Financing, socio-economics, General
Target Group | Building professionals
Submitted by Construction21 Build UP user
The flourishing of most modern societies has largely been made possible through the exploitation of vast reserves of fossil energy; furthermore, as societies evolve, they often come to rely more and more heavily on electricity as a ubiquitous and versatile energy carrier. Conventional oil and gas reserves are being depleted at an increasingly fast rate, though, and there is increasing interest in ‘alternative’ energy sources such as ‘renewable’ electricity generation technologies, and photovoltaics (PV) in particular.
Source Languages | English
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