Objective The overall objective of the current project is a significant contribution to the dissemination of PV in order to improve the sustainability of the European energy supply and to strengthen the situation of the European PV industry.The approach to reach this overall objective is the development of solar cells which are substantially thinner than today’s common practice. We will reduce the current solar cell thickness of typically 180 µm down to a minimum of 50 µm. At the same time we target to produce solar cells with high efficiencies in the range of 20% light conversion rate into power. The processes will be optimized and transferred into a pilot production line aiming at an efficiency of 19.5% on wafers of 100 µm thickness at a yield that is comparable to the one in standard production lines. This shall help to drive down production costs significantly and save Si resources from today’s 8 grams per watt to 3 grams per watt.In more detail the following topics are addressed: Wafering from Si ingots, surface passivation, light trapping, solar cell and module processing and handling of the thin wafersThe partners of this project form an outstanding consortium to reach the project goals, including four leading European R&D institutes as well as four companies with recorded and published expertise in the field of thin solar cells and modules and handling of such. The project is structured in 10 work packages covering the process chain from wafer to module and the transfer into pilot production already at mid term as well as integral eco-assessment and management tasks. Programme(s) FP7-ENERGY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy Topic(s) ENERGY.2010.2.1-1 - Further development of very thin wafer based c-Si photovoltaics Call for proposal FP7-ENERGY-2010-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator UNIVERSITAT KONSTANZ EU contribution € 1 175 988,74 Address UNIVERSITATSSTRASSE 10 78464 Konstanz Germany See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Konstanz Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Claudia Knüppel (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address OFFSHORE HOUSE ALBERT STREET NE24 1LZ Blyth Northumberland See on map Region North East (England) Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Northumberland Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Richard Marr (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 636 408,00 Address BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 1015 Lausanne See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Christophe Ballif (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PSE AG Germany EU contribution € 150 000,00 Address EMMY NOETHER STRASSE 2 79110 FREIBURG See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Werner Warmuth (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 1 287 135,00 Address HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Maximilian Steiert (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Q-CELLS SE Participation ended Germany EU contribution € 240 245,80 Address OT THALHEIM SONNENALLEE 17-21 06766 BITTERFELD WOLFEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Christina Peters (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ENI SPA Italy EU contribution € 203 378,00 Address PIAZZALE MATTEI ENRICO 1 00144 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Cesarina Bonfanti (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PHOTOVOLTECH NV Participation ended Belgium EU contribution € 196 810,26 Address NIJVERHEIDSSTRAAT 42 1040 BRUSSEL See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jozef Szlufcik (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MECHATRONIC SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH Austria EU contribution € 105 242,00 Address Tirolerstrasse 80 9500 VILLACH See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Wolfgang Oswald (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOLAR CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 619 722,00 Address ALBERT STREET NE24 1LZ BLYTH See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Alex Cole (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HANWHA Q.CELLS GMBH Germany EU contribution € 265 056,20 Address SONNENALLEE 17-21 06766 Bitterfeld Wolfen Ot Thalheim See on map Region Sachsen-Anhalt Sachsen-Anhalt Anhalt-Bitterfeld Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Christina Peters (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data