Descripción del proyecto
Una nueva forma de valorizar las materias primas procedentes de residuos fotovoltaicos
La energía fotovoltaica representa una solución para reducir las emisiones de carbono y mitigar los efectos del cambio climático. Sin embargo, la producción de módulos fotovoltaicos, incluidas sus materias primas de alto valor —como el silicio y la plata—, está asociada a un elevado consumo de energía y a importantes emisiones de CO2. ROSI, la empresa francesa emergente de tecnología profunda, tiene por objeto convertir la energía fotovoltaica en una economía circular al revalorizar las materias primas desperdiciadas a lo largo de la cadena de valor. El proyecto Ramp-PV, financiado con fondos europeos, propondrá una innovación industrializada que empleará un proceso ecológico y rentable para revalorizar el silicio y la plata de gran pureza. Para el silicio en concreto, una materia prima estratégica europea, se concretarán varias vías de reutilización en industrias clave, como la fotovoltaica, la electrónica y el almacenamiento en baterías.
Objetivo
Worldwide urgent action is needed to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the consequences of climate change. French deeptech startup ROSI is committed to a circular economy of Photovoltaics (PV), which is decisive to render PV sustainable and to re-capture the PV value chain for Europe.
Presently, several high value raw materials composing PV modules, mainly silicon and silver, which are produced through high energy consuming and CO2 emission processes, suffer great value loss, because:
1. Sawing process to obtain silicon wafers from silicon ingots discards >40% of silicon in forms of nano/micrometer particles, disposed as industrial waste;
2. No valorization of high-value raw materials such as silicon and silver in end-of-life (EOL) PV modules is carried out.
The proprietary technological innovations and industrial know-how of ROSI lead to a full valorization of the raw materials from PV-waste, including:
1. Reconditioning of silicon from PV-waste for reintegration into various industries including PV, electronics, and silicone;
2. Non-destructive extraction of silver through non-toxic, low-cost and high yield process.
For fast and high-quality innovation deployment, ROSI positions itself as an operator carrying out recycling activities of PV-waste in the value chain. Its realization through co-investment with industrial partners into Joint-Ventures (JV) is the scalability booster.
The global development strategy of ROSI is based on construction of a series of PV-waste upcycling sites and carrying out of continuous RDTI (Research, development, technology, innovation) activities to maximize the added value of upcycled raw materials.
The roadmap implementation will contribute directly to EU Green Deal and sustainability goals, as well as to the recovery of European sovereignty on the PV and raw materials value chain. The vision of ROSI is to become global-leader in circular economy of PV in 5-10 years – a high-risk and courageous vision!
Ámbito científico
- 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
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Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020-4
Régimen de financiación
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinador
38000 Grenoble
Francia
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.