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PV Panel Embodied Energy

  • Check.pngSee this reference for more detail [1]
  • And this discusses poly si vs mono so [2]
  • embodied energy of 1000 MJ/kg or 300 kWhr! [3]
    • Similar for amorphous silicon [4]
  • Compare to steel at 20 MJ/kg [5], and 200MJ/kg more than this for aluminum [6]
  • How many grams of silicon are needed for 1kW of PV panels? 2 kg [7], based on 2g/W.
  • 5% of weight of PV is silicon [8]. 76% is glass, 10% is aluminum, and 10% is EVA.
  • Embodied energy of EVA is about 80 mega joules per kilogram [9]

Total for 1kW of PV

  • 600 kWhr for 2 kg of silicon
  • 3kWhr per kg for glass, or 90 kWhr for 30 kg glass. [10]
  • About 40 kWhr per my of EVA/aluminum x 8 kg = 320 kwhr
  • Total 1010 kWhr
  • 365*6kWhr~2100 kWhr/yr
  • Payback is thus 1/2 yr with only the above.
  • This matches results from Fraunhofer 2021, close enough - .7-1.4 year payback time. [11]

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