Environmental assessment of grid connected photovoltaic plants with 2-axis tracking versus fixed modules systems

Ángel A. Bayod-Rújula, Ana M. Lorente-Lafuente and Fernando Cirez-Oto

Energy, 2011, vol. 36, issue 5, 3148-3158

Abstract: The use of two axes tracking systems has been widely implemented because of the higher rates in energy production that these systems can achieve. However, the reduction of the PV modules cost makes the economic advantage of these tracking systems not so evident and this has aroused the interest of analysing them from other points of view such as efficiency or energy performance and environmental impact.

Keywords: Grid connected; Photovoltaics; PV plants; Life cycle analysis; Payback time; Tracking system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.03.004

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