A method to estimate optimal renovation period of solar photovoltaic modules
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| Title: | A method to estimate optimal renovation period of solar photovoltaic modules |
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| Authors: | Pardo Picazo, Miguel Ángel | Jódar-Abellán, Antonio | Vélez, Sergio | Rodrigo Comino, Jesús |
| Research Group/s: | Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental (IngHA) |
| Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ingeniería Civil | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario del Agua y las Ciencias Ambientales |
| Keywords: | Renovation strategy | Large-scale photovoltaics | Economic feasibility | Potential energy savings | Regional approaches |
| Issue Date: | 30-Aug-2022 |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Citation: | Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 2022, 24: 2865-2880. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-022-02367-1 |
| Abstract: | Renewable energy sources are essential to reduce the negative impacts on the environment caused by burning fossil fuels. Using solar photovoltaic installations in recent years means that decision-makers must consider infrastructure renewal decisions. An expenditure framework to achieve the optimal renovation period of photovoltaic modules is proposed here from an economic standpoint. This approach includes not only the investment and maintenance costs but also energy and emissions savings. A sensitivity analysis was carried out using a case study in south-eastern Spain, achieving that the optimal renovation period ranges between 17.0 and 24.7 years. Many factors are studied to identify those with the greatest influence on this indicator. Installing a solar power system is always a profitable choice considering that the installation lifetime is 25 years. Neglecting the influence of these limits may cause potential savings not fully exploited. |
| Sponsor: | Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This work was supported by the research project “DESENREDA” through the 2021 call “Estancias de movilidad en el extranjero Jose Castillejo” of the Ministerio de Universidades (CAS21/00085) and for the project “Hi-Edu Carbon” Erasmus Plus Programme, Key Action KA22021, action type (2021–1-SK01-KA220-HED-000023274. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/126174 |
| ISSN: | 1618-954X (Print) | 1618-9558 (Online) |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10098-022-02367-1 |
| Language: | eng |
| Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Rights: | © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Peer Review: | si |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-022-02367-1 |
| Appears in Collections: | INV - IngHA - Artículos de Revistas |
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