Environmental benefits of parking‐integrated photovoltaics: a 222 kWp experience

  1. Serrano‐Luján, Lucía 1
  2. García‐Valverde, Rafael 1
  3. Espinosa, Nieves 2
  4. García‐Cascales, M. Socorro 1
  5. Sánchez‐Lozano, Juan M. 4
  6. Urbina, Antonio 13
  1. 1 Departamento de Electrónica, Tecnología de Computadoras y Proyectos. ETSI Telecomunicaciones Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena Campus Muralla del Mar 30202 Cartagena Spain
  2. 2 Department of Energy Conversion and Storage Technical University of Denmark Frederiksborgvej 399 DK‐4000 Roskilde Denmark
  3. 3 Department of Physics Imperial College London Prince Consort Road London SW7 2AZ UK
  4. 4 Departamento de Expresión Gráfica. ETSI Industrial Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena Campus Muralla del Mar 30202 Cartagena Spain
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Revista:
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

ISSN: 1062-7995,  1099-159X

Año de publicación: 2013

Volumen: 23

Número: 2

Páginas: 253-264

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1002/PIP.2415 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Resumen

The life cycle assessment of a grid-connected, parking integrated, 222 kWp cadmium telluride photovoltaic system has been performed. The system was built at the University of Murcia and has been monitored for 2.5 years (sampling data every 5 min). The detailed material inventory, the energy embedded in the system, the energy payback time, and the energy return factor of the facility have been obtained and are 6.31 TJ equivalent primary energy, 2.06 and 12.16years, respectively. The average performance ratio is 0.8 with a slight monthly variation. Additionally, the environmental benefits of the architectural integration (in this case parking integration) have been quantified using a standard methodology for the calculation of several environmental parameters. Finally, the environmental benefits of renewable energy generation because of the savings of producing the same amount of electricity by the Spanish grid system have been assessed

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