Emission Factor

Photovoltaic laminate - multi-si wafer (photovoltaic laminate production - multi-Si wafer)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. This product represents 1 m2 of photovoltaic laminate. A photovoltaic laminate combines many photovoltaic cells with several layers of glass and plastic to protect the cells and improve their longevity. In this laminate multi-Si cells are laminated. Multi-Si or polycrystalline silicon consists of many small silicon crystals compared to single-Si that consist of one single continuous crystal. Multi-Si cells are usually less efficient than single-Si photovoltaic cells The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NamePhotovoltaic laminate - multi-si wafer (photovoltaic laminate production - multi-Si wafer)
SectorEquipment
CategoryElectrical Equipment
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2005
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/m2
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 22Version log
  • Replaced by: e82d32a8-24a7-4c7e-a968-8dee7ae0623e

API Reference

Activity ID
electrical_equipment-type_photovoltaic_laminate_multi_si_wafer_photovoltaic_laminate_production_multi_si_wafer
UUID
a7e17ddd-5421-4815-9977-6a07ecce2e8f
Code Snippet
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