Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production

Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance provides an overview of the emerging industrial PV sector, its technologies, and the regulatory frameworks supporting them. This new book reviews and categorizes the potential environmental impacts of several main PV technologies, examining the extent to which current EU governance frameworks regulate such impacts. By identifying the gaps or regulatory mismatches and creating a basis for normative recommendations on governance change, this book analyzes potential governance implications and their impacts in relation to manufacturers upscaling PV production techniques.

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Senthilarasu Sundaram is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom. His research interests focus on sustainable energy technologies to create environmentally sustainable materials for energy generation and storage, building integrated applications, thermal storage, water remediation, and low-carbon heating applications.

David Benson is a Senior Lecturer based in the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) at the University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall. His research encompasses a range of issue areas at the interface between political and environmental sciences, most notably EU environmental and energy policy, comparative environmental governance and public participation in environmental decision-makingProf. Tapas Kumar Mallick, PhD, is currently the Chair in Clean Technologies within the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) and Academic Lead in Renewable Energy, University of Exeter, UK. He is also adjacent Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. His research span over various aspect of solar photovoltaic technology, especially high efficiency and low cost device and integrated renewables. He has published over 180 research articles on solar technology and has given over 80 academic presentations in 13 countries. Prof. Mallick is the Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Renewable Energy Journal” and Editor-in-Chief of Editorial Boards for Energy Sources in the Journal of 'Energies'.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Overview of the PV Industry and Different Technologies

Chapter 3: Potential Environmental Impacts From Solar Energy Technologies

Chapter 4: The Sustainability of Solar PV Governance: A Comparative International Perspective

Chapter 5: A Normative Perspective on Governing Solar PV Sustainability

Chapter 6: Future Issues and Recommendations