Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Is It Applicable in Brazil? – A Review Applied to Brazilian Case-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Is It Applicable in Brazil? – A Review Applied to Brazilian Case

Published:2019-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:66 Page:99-120
ISSN:1854-7400
Container-title:Materials and Geoenvironment
language:en
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Author:

Moreno Wilmer Emilio García¹,Duarte Andressa Ullmann¹,dos Santos Litiéle¹,Lourega Rogério Vescia¹²

Affiliation:

1. Graduation Program in Materials Engineering and Technology , Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PGETEMA/PUCRS) , Brazil

2. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) , Brazil

Abstract

Abstract The photovoltaic technologies have been developed year by year in different countries; however, there are some countries where this kind of energy is being born, such as the Brazilian case. In this paper, some important parameters are analysed and applied to different solar cell materials, identifying that if the fossil fuels were substituted by solar cells, it would reduce the CO2 emissions by 93.2%. In addition, it is shown that the efficiency of solar cells is not as farther as it could be thought from coal thermoelectrical plants in Brazil and the cost of energy using solar cells could be as good as these thermoelectrical plants. Finally, the potentiality of Brazilian territory to implant this technology is presented, identifying that with the use of 0.2% of the territory, the energy demand could be supplied.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/rmzmag-2019-0012

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