A simple lower bound on the EROI of photovoltaic electricity generation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.05.022
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Embodied energy; Energy return on energy invested; EROI; Gross Domestic Product (GDP); Intermittency challenge;All these keywords.
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