Objective Within the "FoXy" project, a Europe-wide consortium consisting of small and medium size enterprises, industry, research institutes and universities, intends to support the European goals for the Photovoltaic (PV) industry of decreasing module costs to Euro 1/Wp in 2010 and to have 3 GWp PV installed in 2010. Under the realistic assumption that Si-wafer based PV modules will dominate the market in the coming decade, the FoXy partnership will answer the need of the PV market for low price- and high quality SoG-Si feedstock by: 1. Further developing and optimising refining, purification and crystallisation processes for metallurgical SoG-Si feedstock, as well as recycled n-type electronic grade Si. 2.Optimising associated cell and module processes. 3.Settin g input criteria for metallurgical and electronic n-type silicon as raw materials for SoG-Si feedstock. 4.Transferring the technology from laboratory to industrial pilot tests. Through the proposed EU project collaboration, the FoXy consortium will develo p a close partnership along the whole value chain from feedstock to module production. This lays a foundation for new investments in SoG- Si feedstock production and subsequent commercial use of the material produced. Metallurgical silicon, solar grade si licon and recycled material from new and unexploited sources, will be refined to acceptable purity through electrochemical, metallurgical and physical methods under development. The refined SoG-Si material cost target is below 15? per kg. Subsequent direc tional solidification and Czochralski crystal pulling will be optimised with respect to efficiency and yield. Advanced solar cell processing techniques will be developed on thin (200µm) large area (150x150mm2) wafers aiming at 17% cell efficiency. Materia l and unit characterisation will be carried out at all stages of processing for the purpose of optimisation and in order to define standards for p- and n-type solar grade feedstock. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-1.2.4 - New and advanced concepts in renewable energy technologies - PV Call for proposal FP6-2004-ENERGY-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator SINTEF - STIFTELSEN FOR INDUSTRIELL OG TEKNISK FORSKNING VED NORGES TEKNISKE HOEGSKOLE AS EU contribution No data Address Strindveien 4 TRONDHEIM Norway See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DEUTSCHE SOLAR AG Germany EU contribution No data Address Bherteheldorfer Strasse 111A FREIBERG/SACHSEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Westerduinweg 3 PETTEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FESIL ASA Norway EU contribution No data Address Vikelvfaret 4, Ranheim TRONDHEIM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER, KONSTANZ E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 15 KONSTANZ See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ISOFOTON S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address Calle Caleta de Velez 52 MÁLAGA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JOINT STOCK COMPANY PILLAR Ukraine EU contribution No data Address Mateyaku street 4 KIEV See on map Total cost No data NORGES TEKNISK - NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET Norway EU contribution No data Address Hogskoleringen 1 TRONDHEIM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SCANARC PLASMA TECHNOLOGIES AB Sweden EU contribution No data Address Vaernavaegen 7 HOFORS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SUNERGY INVESTCO B.V. Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Airportplein 2-10 ROTTERDAM See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO - BICOCCA Italy EU contribution No data Address Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1 MILANO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET KONSTANZ Germany EU contribution No data Address Universitaetsstrasse 10 KONSTANZ See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data