Life Cycle Assessment and Recycling
Photovoltaics — Technical, Economic, and Environmental Aspects

Photovoltaics are set to play a major role in the global electricity mix, as noted by the IEA .

It is a renewable energy source that uses only the sun’s energy to generate electricity. Nevertheless, this energy source has a broader environmental impact that must be taken into account and minimized as much as possible.

• Criteria for reducing carbon impacts must be evaluated and considered, as must those related to energy payback time and, more broadly, environmental impact (toxicity), sustainability (limiting the use of rare elements, land area occupied), and recyclability.

• Finally, another factor to...