Life Cycle and Industrial Analysis of Taiwan PV Industry

• Main Authors: Shi-Chou Chen, 陳世周
• Other Authors: Shih-Mo Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22200573806110164282

碩士 === 中原大學 === 國際貿易研究所 === 98 === Greenhouse gases resulted from human activities have been identified as one of the major sources of global warming. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method frequently used for analyzing the effect a product or technology may have on the environment over its life cycle. Based on the data collected at all stages of the product’s life cycle, one is able to calculate the energy consumed as well as the polluting gases emitted from production to abandon, which can be used in assisting product development and energy policy decision-making. Recently, LCA has been extended to make use of the input-output tables to take into account the inter-industry linkages observed in the economy. Integrating input-output information into LCA has another advantage over traditional process-based LCA. That is, it provides the opportunity of performing impact analysis resulting from a change in final demands. However, from the perspective of policy simulation, computable general equilibrium (CGE) model offers more possibilities than input-output analysis does. As such, this study utilizes all three approaches of LCA to conduct the LCA analysis for Taiwan’s PV industry. Comparison of the results obtained from different approaches is made, and industrial benefit analysis based partially on the results is also performed.