Impacts of global electrification based upon photovoltaic technologies

Shedding some light on photovoltaic solar energy in Africa – A literature review

“…Through the literature that is being considered here, economic impact is mainly evoked through job creation [45,60,79,87,88], the increase in population incomes or the development of micro-rural enterprises [89]. Other aspects relating to the economic aspects of PV are mentioned in 3.1 within the context of the sustainable dimension of PV.…”

“…Some authors have compared PV with fossil fuels in terms of carbon dioxide production [30,88]. The environmental dimension is always mentioned to remind us of the positive impact of this technology and more precisely, the absence of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) when using PV [17].…”

“…First, the authors agree on identifying positive impact based on PV's ability to open up remote rural areas [30]. The aim is to use PV in order to accelerate the process of decentralization particularly in order to promote technology transfers [95] and to develop job creation and economic growth [60,88]. Moreover, the development of PV is done considering the absence of significant negative environmental impacts [36], particularly emission of carbon dioxide [88].…”

“…The aim is to use PV in order to accelerate the process of decentralization particularly in order to promote technology transfers [95] and to develop job creation and economic growth [60,88]. Moreover, the development of PV is done considering the absence of significant negative environmental impacts [36], particularly emission of carbon dioxide [88]. These positive impacts are based on the profitability of the PV cost considering the sunshine rate, the fuel price [58] and the cost of delivering electricity [74].…”

Research on decrease of cell to module loss for crystalline silicon photovoltaic module

“…[1][2][3] The costs of producing photovoltaic modules have been significantly reduced during the last decade as manufacturing costs per watt have dropped from over $6 per peak watt to $1 per peak watt now. 4,5 Nevertheless, the photovoltaic industry is continuously investigating for decreasing energy generation cost in order to the achievement for grid parity.…”