Energy Waste as a Side-Effect of Photovoltaic Development: Net Impact of Photovoltaics on CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in European Union Countries
Decarbonization policies are being implemented in all EU countries where renewable energy is being developed. One of the main energy sources used for this purpose is photovoltaic energy. However, the development of photovoltaics does not only mean environmental benefits in the form of green energy a...
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| author | Bożena Gajdzik Radosław Wolniak Rafał Nagaj Brigita Žuromskaitė-Nagaj Wiesław Grebski |
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| description | Decarbonization policies are being implemented in all EU countries where renewable energy is being developed. One of the main energy sources used for this purpose is photovoltaic energy. However, the development of photovoltaics does not only mean environmental benefits in the form of green energy and thus a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel energy production, but also energy waste. The development of photovoltaics generates energy waste, some of which cannot be recovered, which in turn has a negative impact on gas emissions. The aim of this article is to analyse the amount of energy waste from photovoltaics in European Union countries and the net impact of photovoltaics on greenhouse gas emissions. Data sources are Eurostat and Our World In Data. The analysis will be carried out for the majority of EU countries, excluding the smallest countries whose data may distort the overall results. The analysis should show the overall impact of PV in the countries analysed and the changes over the period studied. The results will also indicate whether the impact of PV on decarbonization is similar across the EU countries analysed, or whether there are clusters of countries due to the impact of PV, or a negative impact in some of them. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c4c587f6f08423394670933eb80b4552025-01-10T13:17:01ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732024-12-011817810.3390/en18010078Energy Waste as a Side-Effect of Photovoltaic Development: Net Impact of Photovoltaics on CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in European Union CountriesBożena Gajdzik0Radosław Wolniak1Rafał Nagaj2Brigita Žuromskaitė-Nagaj3Wiesław Grebski4Department of Industrial Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, PolandFaculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, PolandInstitute of Economics and Finance, University of Szczecin, 71-101 Szczecin, PolandFaculty of Public Governance and Business, Mykolas Romeris University, LT-08303 Vilnius, LithuaniaEngineering Faculty, Penn State Hazleton, Pennsylvania State University, 76 University Drive, Hazleton, PA 18202, USADecarbonization policies are being implemented in all EU countries where renewable energy is being developed. One of the main energy sources used for this purpose is photovoltaic energy. However, the development of photovoltaics does not only mean environmental benefits in the form of green energy and thus a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel energy production, but also energy waste. The development of photovoltaics generates energy waste, some of which cannot be recovered, which in turn has a negative impact on gas emissions. The aim of this article is to analyse the amount of energy waste from photovoltaics in European Union countries and the net impact of photovoltaics on greenhouse gas emissions. Data sources are Eurostat and Our World In Data. The analysis will be carried out for the majority of EU countries, excluding the smallest countries whose data may distort the overall results. The analysis should show the overall impact of PV in the countries analysed and the changes over the period studied. The results will also indicate whether the impact of PV on decarbonization is similar across the EU countries analysed, or whether there are clusters of countries due to the impact of PV, or a negative impact in some of them.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/1/78energy wastephotovoltaic developmentrenewable energy sources (RES)industriesEuropean Union countriesCO<sub>2</sub> emissions |
| spellingShingle | Bożena Gajdzik Radosław Wolniak Rafał Nagaj Brigita Žuromskaitė-Nagaj Wiesław Grebski Energy Waste as a Side-Effect of Photovoltaic Development: Net Impact of Photovoltaics on CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in European Union Countries Energies energy waste photovoltaic development renewable energy sources (RES) industries European Union countries CO<sub>2</sub> emissions |
| title | Energy Waste as a Side-Effect of Photovoltaic Development: Net Impact of Photovoltaics on CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in European Union Countries |
| title_full | Energy Waste as a Side-Effect of Photovoltaic Development: Net Impact of Photovoltaics on CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in European Union Countries |
| title_fullStr | Energy Waste as a Side-Effect of Photovoltaic Development: Net Impact of Photovoltaics on CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in European Union Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy Waste as a Side-Effect of Photovoltaic Development: Net Impact of Photovoltaics on CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in European Union Countries |
| title_short | Energy Waste as a Side-Effect of Photovoltaic Development: Net Impact of Photovoltaics on CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in European Union Countries |
| title_sort | energy waste as a side effect of photovoltaic development net impact of photovoltaics on co sub 2 sub emissions in european union countries |
| topic | energy waste photovoltaic development renewable energy sources (RES) industries European Union countries CO<sub>2</sub> emissions |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/1/78 |
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