Energy payback and CO{sub 2} gas emissions from fusion and solar photovoltaic electric power plants. Final report to Department of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
- Resource Type
- Technical Report
- Authors
- Source
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Dec 2002; PBD: 1 Dec 2002
- Subject
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY GREENHOUSE GASES
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
NET ENERGY
CLIMATIC CHANGE
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANTS
THERMONUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
GREENHOUSE GASES
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
NATURAL GAS
PROGRESS REPORT
- Language
- English
A cradle-to-grave net energy and greenhouse gas emissions analysis of a modern photovoltaic facility that produces electricity has been performed and compared to a similar analysis on fusion. A summary of the work has been included in a Ph.D. thesis titled ''Life-cycle assessment of electricity generation systems and applications for climate change policy analysis'' by Paul J. Meier, and a synopsis of the work was presented at the 15th Topical meeting on Fusion Energy held in Washington, DC in November 2002. In addition, a technical note on the effect of the introduction of fusion energy on the greenhouse gas emissions in the United States was submitted to the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES).