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Chapter 23 • Materials: Abundance, Purification, and the Energy Cost 451

Selected Material Requirements for a Range of PV Installments and Their Respective Global Production
Reserves/Mt – 0.5 720 0.0065 0.119 0.011 88 0.1 – 0.57 0.025 4.7 220 Reserves/Mt – 0.5 720 0.0065 0.119 0.011 88 0.1 – 0.57 0.025 4.7 220

2016 Production/Mt 57.6 0.023 19.4 0.00018 0.0001605 0.000665 4.82 0.0022 0.027 0.0004 0.28 11.9 2016 Production/Mt 57.6 0.023 19.4 0.00018 0.0001605 0.000665 4.82 0.0022 0.027 0.0004 0.28 11.9

Mix/kg (MW) −1 2194.1 269.3 7.2 463.1 Mix/kg (MW) −1 2194.1 269.3 7.2 463.1

a-Si/kg (MW) −1 4.07 18.4 a-Si/kg (MW) −1 4.07 18.4

CdTe/kg (MW) −1 83.51 90.38 CdTe/kg (MW) −1 83.51 90.38 Material requirements adapted from [6,33,37,48,49] and material production and reserves from [33,46,48,49]. These numbers should be regarded as estimates and not be taken at

CIGS/kg (MW) −1 0.93 16.97 0.12–6.17 4.5–83.79 0.5–84.41 5.95 CIGS/kg (MW) −1 0.93 16.97 0.12–6.17 4.5–83.79 0.5–84.41 4.7 5.95

c-Si/kg (MW) −1 72.38 33.08–40.07 c-Si/kg (MW) −1 72.38 33.08–40.07

PV Requirements/ kg (MW) −1 102 0.93–83.51 16.97–2194.1 0.12–6.17 4.07 4.5–83.79 72.38–269.3 0.5–84.41 18.4–40.07 5.17–19.2 4.7–90.38 5.95–463.1 29.99 PV Requirements/ kg (MW) −1 102 0.93–83.51 16.97–2194.1 0.12–6.17 4.07 4.5–83.79 72.38–269.3 0.5–84.41 18.4–40.07 5.17–19.2 4.7–90.38 5.95–463.1 29.99 face value. Reserves for Cd, Ga, Ge, and In are from 2014.

Table 23.2 and Reserves Metal Aluminum (AL) Cadmium (Cd) Copper (Cu) Gallium (Ga) Germanium (Ge) Indium (In) Lead (Pb) Selenium (Se) Silicon (Si) Silver (Ag) Tellurium (Te) Tin (Sn) Zinc(Zn) Metal Aluminum (AL) Cadmium (Cd) Copper (Cu) Gallium (Ga) Germanium (Ge) Indium (In) Lead (Pb) Selenium (Se) Silicon (Si) Silver (Ag) Tellurium (Te) Tin (Sn) Zinc(Zn)