IEA PVPS Task 12 – Photovoltaics Sustainability: Swiss Contribution 2021

• Unité de recherche: OFEN
• Numéro de projet: SI/502197

Description succincte (Anglais)

Switzerland participates in the IEA PVPS Task 12 on “PV Sustainability”. In the work period 2013-2017 some of the flagship products of IEA PVPS Task 12, such as the methodology guidelines for life cycle assessment (Frischknecht et al. 2015a; Frischknecht et al. 2020a) and net energy analysis of PV systems (Raugei et al. 2015) as well as the compilation of life cycle inventories (LCIs) of PV systems (Frischknecht et al. 2015b; Frischknecht et al. 2020b), were updated and further developed. Additionally, life cycle assessments (LCAs) were carried out for future PV electricity production (Frischknecht et al. 2015c), residential PV battery systems (Krebs et al. 2020) and the current recycling of PV modules (Stolz et al. 2017). The IEA PVPS Task 12 has entered a new work period at the end of 2017. The subtasks and activities of IEA PVPS Task 12 in the work period 2017-2022 are summarized in Tab. 1.1. The Swiss contribution focuses on the life cycle assessment of PV systems in subtask 2. Addi-tionally, the deliverables of related activities in subtasks 1 (recycling and end-of-life man-agement of PV systems) and 3 (broader sustainability topics) are reviewed. This project proposal includes activities that are on the current agenda of the IEA PVPS Task 12 and the IEA PVPS Task 15 on building integrated PV.