Greenness percentage of the said green renewable energy: A case study

• Published in: Energy reports Vol. 5; pp. 979 - 986
• Main Authors: Tsafack, Pierre, Ngwashi, Divine, Ducharne, Benjamin, Tanyi, Emmanuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 01.11.2019; Elsevier Ltd
• Subjects: Carbon footprint; Conventional energy; Engineering Sciences; Green energy; Greenness percentage; Lifetime; Manufacturing process; Pollution; Renewable energy; Silicon solar cell; Sunshine; Green energy; Silicon solar cell; Pollution; Lifetime; Conventional energy; Renewable energy; Manufacturing process; Greenness percentage; Sunshine; Carbon footprint

The manufacturing process of renewable energy components involves some conventional energy at different steps. It is then clear that the fabrication of the components of a renewable energy system will emit an amount of greenhouse gas(GHG). The work carried out in this paper is based on investigating...