Project description
A new way to valorise raw materials from photovoltaic waste
Photovoltaics (PV) represent a solution for carbon emissions reduction and mitigating climate change effects. However, the production of PV modules, including their high-value raw materials such as silicon and silver, is associated with high energy consumption and significant CO2 emissions. The French deep tech start-up ROSI aims to render PV into a circular economy by revalorising the wasted raw materials along the value chain. The EU-funded Ramp-PV project will propose an industrialised innovation consisting of an environmentally friendly and cost-effective process to revalorise highly pure silicon and silver. For silicon in particular, a strategic European raw material, several reuse routes into strategic industries, such as PV, electronics and battery storage, will be realised.
Fields of science
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metals
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
SME-2b - SME Instrument (grant only and blended finance)Coordinator
38000 Grenoble
France
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