Table 9
Potential environmental impacts generated by the production of 1 kWhAC through utility-scale plant with fixed tilt support and located in Catania, characterized by a GHI of 1819 kWh/m2/y and an energy yield of 1,616 h.
| Impact categories | Land consumption | Structure | Inverter | Module | DC losses | EOL | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate change (kg CO2 eq) | 0.00E+00 | 1.83E-03 | 2.85E-03 | 9.33E-03 | 2.97E-03 | 4.27E-04 | 1.74E-02 |
| Ozone depletion (kg CFC11 eq) | 0.00E+00 | 2.14E-10 | 2.33E-10 | 7.74E-10 | 2.59E-10 | 2.34E-11 | 1.50E-09 |
| Photochemical ozone formation (kBq U-235 eq) | 0.00E+00 | 8.78E-06 | 1.26E-05 | 3.78E-05 | 1.25E-05 | 6.74E-07 | 7.24E-05 |
| Particulate matter (kg NMVOC eq) | 0.00E+00 | 1.28E-10 | 2.00E-10 | 7.37E-10 | 2.26E-10 | 9.98E-12 | 1.30E-09 |
| Acidification (disease inc.) | 0.00E+00 | 2.01E-05 | 2.09E-05 | 6.27E-05 | 2.20E-05 | 7.37E-07 | 1.26E-04 |
| Eutrophication, freshwater (CTUh) | 0.00E+00 | 9.86E-07 | 1.72E-06 | 3.01E-06 | 1.21E-06 | 4.43E-08 | 6.97E-06 |
| Eutrophication, marine (CTUh) | 0.00E+00 | 2.48E-06 | 4.69E-06 | 1.80E-05 | 5.33E-06 | 2.79E-07 | 3.08E-05 |
| Eutrophication, terrestrial (mol H+eq) | 0.00E+00 | 2.64E-05 | 4.12E-05 | 1.41E-04 | 4.42E-05 | 2.38E-06 | 2.55E-04 |
| Land use (kg P eq) | 2.56E-01 | 1.21E-02 | 5.65E-02 | 4.49E-02 | 7.82E-02 | 1.05E-03 | 4.48E-01 |
| Resource use, fossils (kg N eq) | 0.00E+00 | 2.79E-02 | 3.40E-02 | 1.00E-01 | 3.43E-02 | 2.23E-03 | 1.98E-01 |
| Resource use, minerals and metals (mol N eq) | 0.00E+00 | 4.58E-08 | 3.24E-07 | 3.77E-07 | 1.58E-07 | 3.75E-10 | 9.05E-07 |
| CED (MJ) | 0.00E+00 | 3.39E-02 | 3.99E-02 | 1.16E-01 | 4.02E-02 | 2.52E-03 | 2.33E-01 |
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