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Life-Cycle Land-Use Requirement for PV in Vietnam

Ninh Nguyen QuangLe Quyen LuuMaurizio CelluraMaria Anna CusenzaNam Hoai NguyenEleonora Riva Sanseverino

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Control and Optimization020209 energyPopulationEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyDeveloping country02 engineering and technology010501 environmental scienceslcsh:Technology01 natural sciencesAgricultural economicsNuclear decommissioningCompetition (economics)0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringeducationEngineering (miscellaneous)0105 earth and related environmental scienceseducation.field_of_studyLand uselcsh:TRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industrylife cycle thinking and photovoltaic systemLivelihoodNameplate capacityAgricultureLand useBusinessEnergy (miscellaneous)

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Over the last 15 years, photovoltaics (PV) in Vietnam has experienced development. The increased installed capacity of PV requires more land for installation sites as well as for manufacturing the plants’ component and waste treatment during the plants’ decommissioning. As a developing country, in which more than 80% of the population’s livelihood depends on agriculture, there are concerns about the competition of land for agriculture and solar development. This paper estimates the life-cycle land-use requirement for PV development in Vietnam, to provide the scientific-based evidence for policy makers on the quantity of land required, so that the land budget can be suitably allocated. The direct land-use requirement for PV ranges from 3.7 to 6.7 m2 MWh−1 year, and the total fenced area is 7.18 to 8.16 m2 MWh−1 year. Regarding the life-cycle land use, the land occupation is 241.85 m2a and land transformation is 16.17 m2 per MWh. Most of the required land area is for the installation of the PV infrastructure, while the indirect land use of the background process is inconsiderable.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-02-07Energies
https://doi.org/10.3390/en14040861