Featured in Empowered with PV – 12-2017

Reducing the footprint

Backsheet life cycle: As the PV industry comes under pressure to further reduce emissions from its manufacturing sector, Giorgio Longoni, Vice General Manager of Sales for Asia at Italian backsheet specialist Coveme, introduces a study comparing the contribution of different backsheet materials to a module’s overall carbon footprint.

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pv magazine

08 Dec 2017

A study commissioned by Coveme has found that PPE backsheet materials have a significantly lower carbon footprint than those utilizing fluorinated materials.

Calculating carbon footprint (CFP) is a method for the estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from both production and service industry activities. A CFP study should quantify the contribution of a product or service to climate change. The assessment can cover the entire product/service life cycle. The evaluated impact is described by a single indicator: …

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