Solar photovoltaic technology as a smart alternative to replace conventional fossil fuels

This work presents a study of the climate change issues and how green energies can help to reduce the negative consequences of global warming and greenhouse effects on earth. The sun is considered one of the most important and plentiful sources of renewable energies reason why it is close to being t...

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Autores Principales: Guerra, Noemi, Palacios, Cesar, Guevara, Marco, Crupi, Felice
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Idioma: Español
Publicado: Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá 2018
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.utp.ac.pa/index.php/memoutp/article/view/1800
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spelling RepoUTP57842019-11-29T17:34:10Z Solar photovoltaic technology as a smart alternative to replace conventional fossil fuels Guerra, Noemi Palacios, Cesar Guevara, Marco Crupi, Felice c-Si wafer-based; fossil fuels; global warming; greenhouse effect; IBC solar cells; photovoltaic; renewable; solar energy This work presents a study of the climate change issues and how green energies can help to reduce the negative consequences of global warming and greenhouse effects on earth. The sun is considered one of the most important and plentiful sources of renewable energies reason why it is close to being the largest source of electricity in the world by 2050. Furthermore, most of the energy forms available on earth arise directly from the solar energy, including wind, hydro, biomass and fossil fuels, with some exceptions like nuclear and geothermal energies. Accordingly, solar photovoltaic (SPV) is a technology capable of converting the inexhaustible solar energy into electricity by employing the electronic properties of semiconductor materials, representing one of the most promising ways for generating electricity, as an attainable and smart option to replace conventional fossil fuels. Solar cell technology is undergoing a transition to a new generation of efficient, low-cost products based on certain semiconductor and photoactive materials. Furthermore, it has definite environmental advantages over competing electricity generation technologies, and the PV industry follows a pro-active life-cycle approach to prevent future environmental damage and to sustain these advantages. 2018-06-04 2018-12-04T14:32:13Z 2018-12-04T14:32:13Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://revistas.utp.ac.pa/index.php/memoutp/article/view/1800 http://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/5784 spa http://revistas.utp.ac.pa/index.php/memoutp/article/view/1800/2591 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá Memorias de Congresos UTP; 2018: 3er Congreso Internacional de Ciencias y Tecnologías para el Desarrollo Sostenible 2018; 142-153
institution Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá
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language Español
topic c-Si wafer-based; fossil fuels; global warming; greenhouse effect; IBC solar cells; photovoltaic; renewable; solar energy
spellingShingle c-Si wafer-based; fossil fuels; global warming; greenhouse effect; IBC solar cells; photovoltaic; renewable; solar energy
Guerra, Noemi
Palacios, Cesar
Guevara, Marco
Crupi, Felice
Solar photovoltaic technology as a smart alternative to replace conventional fossil fuels
description This work presents a study of the climate change issues and how green energies can help to reduce the negative consequences of global warming and greenhouse effects on earth. The sun is considered one of the most important and plentiful sources of renewable energies reason why it is close to being the largest source of electricity in the world by 2050. Furthermore, most of the energy forms available on earth arise directly from the solar energy, including wind, hydro, biomass and fossil fuels, with some exceptions like nuclear and geothermal energies. Accordingly, solar photovoltaic (SPV) is a technology capable of converting the inexhaustible solar energy into electricity by employing the electronic properties of semiconductor materials, representing one of the most promising ways for generating electricity, as an attainable and smart option to replace conventional fossil fuels. Solar cell technology is undergoing a transition to a new generation of efficient, low-cost products based on certain semiconductor and photoactive materials. Furthermore, it has definite environmental advantages over competing electricity generation technologies, and the PV industry follows a pro-active life-cycle approach to prevent future environmental damage and to sustain these advantages.
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author Guerra, Noemi
Palacios, Cesar
Guevara, Marco
Crupi, Felice
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title Solar photovoltaic technology as a smart alternative to replace conventional fossil fuels
title_short Solar photovoltaic technology as a smart alternative to replace conventional fossil fuels
title_full Solar photovoltaic technology as a smart alternative to replace conventional fossil fuels
title_fullStr Solar photovoltaic technology as a smart alternative to replace conventional fossil fuels
title_full_unstemmed Solar photovoltaic technology as a smart alternative to replace conventional fossil fuels
title_sort solar photovoltaic technology as a smart alternative to replace conventional fossil fuels
publisher Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá
publishDate 2018
url http://revistas.utp.ac.pa/index.php/memoutp/article/view/1800
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