PV2050: Sustainability, market deployment and interaction to the grid – the impacts of advanced PV solutions
Beschreibung
The opportunities for photovoltaic (PV) solar energy conversion to support the requested transition for the realization of the Energy Strategy 2050 are widely recognized. However, if PV is to make a significant contribution to satisfy global energy requirements, issues of sustainability need to be addressed with increased urgency. This project aims at assessing the sustainability impacts of the devices and (potential) products being developed within the PV2050 projects. The sustainability impact assessment will cover not only purely environmental aspects (e.g. CO2 equivalent, energy yield), but also socio-economic impacts (e.g. influence on employment rate, acceptance, demand), as well as pricing and market deplo yment of solar electricity, and the impact on the grid. We expect that, in case of success in the technology developments, the next generation photovoltaic solutions proposed, will have a significant impact on penetration of PV in the Swiss grid, which will require various measures to guarantee a safe, clean but still affordable electricity supply.
Eckdaten
Projektleitung
Prof. Vicente Carabias-Hütter, Prof. Dr. Bettina Furrer
Projektteam
Thomas Baumann, Prof. Dr. Franz Baumgartner, Lea Eymann, René Itten, Tobias Kuehn, Evelyn Lobsiger-Kägi, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Nussbaumer, Dr. Matthias Schmid, Prof. Harry Spiess, Matthias Stucki
Projektpartner
Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne EPFL
Projektstatus
abgeschlossen, 12/2014 - 11/2018
Institut/Zentrum
Institut für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (INE); Institut für Umwelt und Natürliche Ressourcen (IUNR); Institut für Energiesysteme und Fluid-Engineering (IEFE); Institute of Computational Physics (ICP)
Drittmittelgeber
NFP 70 «Energiewende»
Weiterführende Dokumente und Links
Publikationen
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Active façades : life cycle environmental impacts and savings of photovoltaic power plants integrated into the building envelope
2019 Itten, René; Stucki, Matthias; Clua Longas, Angela; Cattaneo, Gianluca
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Active façades : life cycle environmental impacts and savings of photovoltaic power plants integrated into the building envelope
2019 Itten, René; Stucki, Matthias; Clua Longas, Angela; Cattaneo, Gianluca
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Integration of photovoltaic power plants into the grid : life cycle environmental impacts of infrastructure adaptations for photovoltaic electricity
2018 Stahel, Valentin; Itten, René; Stucki, Matthias
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Opto-electronic characterization of third-generation solar cells
2018 Neukom, Martin; Züfle, Simon; Jenatsch, Sandra; Ruhstaller, Beat
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Exploring the social acceptance of building integrated photovoltaics in Switzerland
2018 Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Tomic, Uros; Spiess, Harry; Kuehn, Tobias; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente
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Social life cycle assessment : specific approach and case study for Switzerland
2018 Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; López, Luis; Kuehn, Tobias; Roth, Raoul; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Zipper, Christian
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Highly efficient multi-junction solar cells using silicon heterojunction and perovskite tandem : prospective life cycle environmental impacts
2018 Itten, René; Stucki, Matthias
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LCA of key technologies for future electricity supply : 68th LCA forum, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 16 April, 2018
2018 Frischknecht, Rolf; Bauer, Christian; Bucher, Christof; Ager-Wick Ellingsen, Linda; Gutzwiller, Lukas; Heimbach, Britta; Itten, René; Liao, Xun; Panos, Evangelos; Pfister, Stephan; Schmidt, Tobias; Stahel, Valentin; Stolz, Philippe; Toggweiler, Peter; Treyer, Karin; Villeneuve, Jacques; Wade, Andreas; Weil, Marcel
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High efficient 3rd generation multi-junction solar cells using silicon heterojunction and perovskite technology : life cycle based environmental impacts
2017 Stucki, Matthias; Itten, René
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Wooden mounting systems : how to reduce environmental impacts of building integrated photovoltaic power plants
2017 Itten, René; Stucki, Matthias; Steinegger, Tobias