Location: GLO - Global
This dataset represents the production of grid-connected low voltage electricity with a 3 kWp building integrated photovoltaic (PV) module worldwide in 2011 as an extrapolation from Switzerland.. The 3 kWp module has been chosen as basic module for building integrated PV electricity production. Larger modules can easily be built with these 3 kWp modules without producing a significant error in environmental impact calculations. The module is a multi-Si laminate installed on a slanted roof.
An inverter is used to convert the low voltage DC power into AC power.
An average yield of 1099 kWh/kWp was assumed for the calculations None.

Undefined unit processes (UPRs) are the unlinked, multi-product activity datasets that form the basis for all of the system models available in the ecoinvent database. This is the way the datasets are obtained and entered into the database by the data providers. These activity datasets are useful for investigating the environmental impacts of a specific activity (gate-to-gate), without regard to its upstream or downstream impacts.