Photovoltaic Environmental Research Assistance Center

at Brookhaven National Laboratory

This website provides information and guidance for the photovoltaic community and interested public based on work funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Solar Technologies Program.

This center has been established at Brookhaven National Laboratory to provide focused environmental health safety information to the photovoltaic community. The Principal Investigator at Brookhaven National Laboratory is Vasilis M. Fthenakis.

Photovoltaics Recycling Scoping Workshop
June 11, 2009, Philadelphia, 34th PV Specialists Conference

Online Documents

• Silane Safety/Lessons Learned and Accident Prevention (pdf)
  Special Session, 33rd IEEEPVSC, San Diego, May 2008
• Greener Green Energy: Today's Solar Cells Give More Than They Take
  By Patrick Barry, Science News
• Photovoltaic Cells Are Still Very Green, Comparative Test Shows
  By Henry Fountain, New York Times
• How Free is Solar Energy?
  By Sandra Upson, Current Energy Payback Times
• Overview of PV EHS Hazards (pdf)
• CdTe PV: Real and Perceived Risks (pdf)
• Pb-free Solder Technology Transfer -Vail Workshop Summary

Last Modified: August 18, 2009
Please forward all questions about this site to: Vasilis Fthenakis

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