Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production

Senthilarasu Sundaram is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom. His research interests focus on sustainable energy technologies to create environmentally sustainable materials for energy generation and storage, building integrated applications, thermal storage, water remediation, and low-carbon heating applications.David Benson is a Senior Lecturer based in the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) at the University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall. His research encompasses a range of issue areas at the interface between political and environmental sciences, most notably EU environmental and energy policy, comparative environmental governance and public participation in environmental decision-making Prof. Tapas Kumar Mallick is currently the Chair in Clean Technologies (Renewables) within the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) and leads the Solar Energy Research Group at the University of Exeter, in the United Kingdom. He is Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor to the Build Solar Ltd., a spin-out company from the University of Exeter. He is also Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, in Saudi Arabia, and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. Prof. Mallick has lead several international projects, including the UK-India project “BioCPV”, empowering 24/7 electricity to 46 households in rural Indian villages. Prof. Mallick is also the Section Editor for Energy Sources in the Journal of Energies. He received the British Indian Award for Services to Education in 2016, and Cornwall Sustainability Award in 2018. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies, FWSSET. He has published over 450 research articles, holds two patents on solar technology, has successfully supervised 34 PhD candidates to completion, has delivered over 50 keynote speeches around the world, and has acted as expert panel chair/member for many organisations in the UK and globally.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Overview of the PV Industry and Different TechnologiesChapter 3: Potential Environmental Impacts From Solar Energy TechnologiesChapter 4: The Sustainability of Solar PV Governance: A Comparative International PerspectiveChapter 5: A Normative Perspective on Governing Solar PV SustainabilityChapter 6: Future Issues and Recommendations