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| Regenerative Energy Communities: Considering PV Manufacturing Amanda West, Santiago Grijalva. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA |
Abstract
In the United States, several recent federal programs have funded photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing capacity and aimed to benefit the communities geographically located near these manufacturing businesses. The interaction between these two funding goals has received limited attention in the literature. We present a framework, the energy community regeneration process (ECRP), to quantitatively assess the impact of PV manufacturing on one local community member. We model crystalline silicon (c-Si) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) PV manufacturers, parameterized against the Qcells Cartersville and First Solar Series 7 facilities. Our findings suggest the c-Si manufacturer accumulates greater absolute capital over a 20-year horizon due to the larger workforce and broader process chain. Whereas, the CdTe manufacturer delivers higher per-worker financial flow to the integrated community member because the same revenue is divided among fewer employees.
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