Goal and Scope Report
report
This deliverable, which is drafted in the framework of Work Package (WP) 5: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), under Task 5.1: Goal & Scope, is developed for the purpose of design the research methods and alignment the approaches and system boundaries for LCA, economic and circularity assessment as important activities in the SOLARUP project. SOLARUP aims to analyse environmental impacts of thin film PV cells, comparing the Zinc Phosphide (Zn3P2) technology under development within SO LARUP with start-of-the art technologies Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) and Cadmium Tellu ride (CdTe). The environmental analyses focuses greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, use of resources (including energy, minerals, water and land), and the impacts on human health and ecosystems, as well as economic performance focussing on major cost drivers in production, use and recycling (e.g. material costs, production process, efficiency, lifetime and (by) product value. Additional (thermody namic based) indicators to assess circularity will be explored and applied were relevant to help the development of circular end of life pathways (re-use, recycling). As the core technology under inves tigation is still embryonic and compared to mature Photovoltaic (PV) prospective elements will be included in the LCAs to account for the difference in technology readiness level and the moment of the assessment and the application of the technology. The deliverable define the research approach to be used in the assessments during the project. It also contains a short description of the SOLARUP technology, the reference technology and some information on life cycle assessment in general.
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TNO Identifier
980377
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TNO
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34 p.