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Life Cycle Assessment of Classic and Innovative Batteries for Solar Home Systems in Europe

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  • Federico Rossi

    (R2ES Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
    Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence, Via Santa Marta 3, 50139 Florence, Italy)

  • Maria Laura Parisi

    (R2ES Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
    CSGI—Consortium for Colloid and Surface Science, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
    CNR-ICCOM, National Research Council—Institute for the Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy)

  • Sarah Greven

    (ENSICAEN, Chimie Materiaux, 6 bd Maréchal Juin—CS 45053, F-14050 Caen CEDEX 4, France)

  • Riccardo Basosi

    (R2ES Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
    CSGI—Consortium for Colloid and Surface Science, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
    CNR-ICCOM, National Research Council—Institute for the Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy)

  • Adalgisa Sinicropi

    (R2ES Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
    CSGI—Consortium for Colloid and Surface Science, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
    CNR-ICCOM, National Research Council—Institute for the Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy)

Abstract

This paper presents an environmental sustainability assessment of residential user-scale energy systems, named solar home systems, encompassing their construction, operation, and end of life. The methodology adopted is composed of three steps, namely a design phase, a simulation of the solar home systems’ performance and a life cycle assessment. The analysis aims to point out the main advantages, features, and challenges of lithium-ion batteries, considered as a benchmark, compared with other innovative devices. As the environmental sustainability of these systems is affected by the solar radiation intensity during the year, a sensitivity analysis is performed varying the latitude of the installation site in Europe. For each site, both isolated and grid-connected solar home systems have been compared considering also the national electricity mix. A general overview of the results shows that, regardless of the installation site, solid state nickel cobalt manganese and nickel cobalt aluminium lithium-ion batteries are the most suitable choices in terms of sustainability. Remarkably, other novel devices, like sodium-ion batteries, are already competitive with them and have great potential. With these batteries, the solar home systems’ eco-profile is generally advantageous compared to the energy mix, especially in on-grid configurations, with some exceptions.

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  • Federico Rossi & Maria Laura Parisi & Sarah Greven & Riccardo Basosi & Adalgisa Sinicropi, 2020. "Life Cycle Assessment of Classic and Innovative Batteries for Solar Home Systems in Europe," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-27, July.
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