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source: www.erec-renewables.org/
sources/photovoltaics.htm

‘Energy Payback: Clean Energy from PV’, US National Renewable Energy Laboratory,

www.nrel.gov/ncpv/pdfs/
24596.pdf

Solar electricity technologies make a significant impact on climate change mitigation:

it is estimated that by the year 2020 the cumulative amount of avoided CO2 due to solar electricity installations worldwide will have reached the annual level of 165 million tonnes;

this is equivalent to the annual emission produced by all 44 million cars in Germany!

An average US household uses 830 kilowatt-hours of electricity/month. On average, producing 1,000 kWh of electricity with solar power reduces emissions by

nearly 8 pounds (3.62 Kg) ofsulphur dioxide,

5 pounds (2.26 Kg) of nitrogen oxides,

and more than 1,400 pounds (634.2 Kg) of carbon dioxide.

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