{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Liang H"],"funding":["National Science Foundation (NSF)","National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["1274"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9995667"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The globalized supply chain for crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) panels is increasingly fragile, as the now-mundane freight crisis and other geopolitical risks threaten to postpone major PV projects. Here, we study and report the results of climate change implications of reshoring solar panel manufacturing as a robust and resilient strategy to reduce reliance on foreign PV panel supplies. We project that if the U.S. could fully bring c-Si PV panel manufacturing back home by 2035, the estimated greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption would be 30% and 13% lower, respectively, than having relied on global imports in 2020, as solar power emerges as a major renewable energy source. If the reshored manufacturing target is achieved by 2050, the climate change and energy impact"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Reshoring silicon photovoltaics manufacturing contributes to decarbonization and climate change mitigation."],"pmcid":["PMC9995667"],"funding_grant_id":["CBET-1643244"],"pubmed_authors":["Liang H","You F"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Reshoring silicon photovoltaics manufacturing contributes to decarbonization and climate change mitigation.","description":"The globalized supply chain for crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) panels is increasingly fragile, as the now-mundane freight crisis and other geopolitical risks threaten to postpone major PV projects. Here, we study and report the results of climate change implications of reshoring solar panel manufacturing as a robust and resilient strategy to reduce reliance on foreign PV panel supplies. We project that if the U.S. could fully bring c-Si PV panel manufacturing back home by 2035, the estimated greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption would be 30% and 13% lower, respectively, than having relied on global imports in 2020, as solar power emerges as a major renewable energy source. If the reshored manufacturing target is achieved by 2050, the climate change and energy impact","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Mar","modification":"2026-05-28T18:39:31.107Z","creation":"2025-02-19T04:44:20.385Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9995667","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36890141"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-023-36827-z"]}}