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  title info:
    title: Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution
    sub title: The Energy Return on Investment
  name:
    name part: Prieto, Pedro A.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Hall, Charles A. S.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XX, 128 p. 18 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: The Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI or EROEI) is the amount of energy acquired from a particular energy source divided by the energy expended, or invested, in obtaining that energy. EROI is an essential and seemingly simple measure of the usable energy or “energy profit” from the exploitation of an energy source, but it is not so easy to determine all of the energy expenditures that should be included in the calculation. Because EROI values are generally low for renewable energy sources, differences in these estimates can lead to sharply divergent conclusions about the viability of these energy technologies. This book presents the first complete energy analysis of a large-scale, real-world deployment of photovoltaic (PV) collection systems representing 3.5 GW of installed, grid-connected solar plants in Spain. The analysis includes all of the factors that limit and adjust the real electricity output through one full-year cycle, and all of the fossil fuel inputs required to achieve these results. The authors’ comprehensive analysis of energy inputs, which assigns energy cost estimates to all financial expenditures, yields EROI values that are less than half of those claimed by other investigators and by the solar industry. Sensitivity analysis is used to test various assumptions in deriving these EROI estimates. The results imply that the EROI of current, large-scale PV systems may be too low to seamlessly support an energy and economic transition away from fossil fuels. Given the pervasiveness of fossil fuel subsidies in the modern economy, a key conclusion is that all components of the system that brings solar power to the consumer, from manufacturing to product maintenance and life cycle, must be improved in terms of energy efficiency. The materials science of solar conversion efficiency is only one such component. Sunny Spain represented an ideal case study as the country had the highest penetration of solar PV energy at 2.3 percent of total national deman…
  table of contents: Preface -- Chapter 1. Solar Energy and Human Civilization -- Chapter 2. The Evolution of the Demand for Primary Energy and Electricity in Spain -- Chapter 3. The historical, Legal, Political, Social and Economic Context of Solar Photovoltaics in Spain -- Chapter 4. Calculating the Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI) for Spain’s Solar Photovoltaic Energy in 2008 -- Chapter 5. Methods: Calculating the Energy Output. The Energy Returned (ER or Eout) -- Chapter 6. Methods: Calculating the Energy Input. The energy invested (EI or Ein) -- Chapter 7. Results, Sensitivity Analysis and Conclusions -- References -- Index.
  note: by Pedro A. Prieto, Charles A. S. Hall.
  subject:
    topic: Energy
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy resources
  subject:
    topic: Energy policy
  subject:
    topic: Energy and state
  subject:
    topic: Electric power production
  subject:
    topic: Power electronics
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Alternate energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Green energy industries
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable development
  subject:
    topic: Energy
  subject:
    topic: Renewable and Green Energy
  subject:
    topic: Renewable and Green Energy
  subject:
    topic: Energy Technology
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable Development
  subject:
    topic: Energy Policy, Economics and Management
  subject:
    topic: Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks
  classification: TJ807-830
  classification: 621.042
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Energy
  identifier: 9781441994370
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9437-0
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    record creation date: 130107
    record change date: 20151201041552.0
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