The fact is that even solar power plants have an environmental footprint on a lifecycle basis.
Co2 solar panels.
Calculate carbon footprint reduction possible by opting solar energy.
Most solar companies use their own solar panels to power their panel manufacturing plants so the consumption of fossil fuel derived energy to make panels is now very low and getting lower.
The above mentioned 8 460 lbs of co2 comes in at reducing the carbon emissions of 489 315 smartphones charged in a year or 157 propane cylinders used for home barbeques.
Thus using this conservative figure we can say that in terms of electricity generation alone a standard household solar pv system in southern britain saves almost 1 2 tonnes co2 every year.
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The second issue is how much greenhouse house gas ghg is avoided by using solar power with the typical focus on carbon dioxide co2 the most significant greenhouse gas from fossil fuel electricity generation.
Co 2 emission reduction with solar.
National grid plc have recently estimated these ccgt plants currently emit 392g co2 kwh.
Based on it we will calculate the amount of co 2 emissions reduced which in turn reduce global warming.