Descripción del proyecto
Desarrollar una tecnología fotovoltaica sostenible y rentable
Europa ha invertido mucho en el desarrollo de tecnologías de fabricación fotovoltaica sostenibles y con costes competitivos. El proyecto SuPerTandem, financiado con fondos europeos, es un ejemplo. En este proyecto participarán laboratorios punteros, fabricantes de equipos industriales y empresas de módulos fotovoltaicos flexibles para desarrollar células en tándem de dos terminales y módulos conectados monolíticamente sobre láminas flexibles utilizando capas absorbentes de perovskita de bajo coste. El objetivo del proyecto es reducir los costes de producción, minimizar el uso de materiales críticos y desarrollar módulos ligeros y flexibles que puedan integrarse en edificios, vehículos y sistemas agrovoltaicos para contribuir a los objetivos de cero emisiones netas. Este tipo de avances ayudarán a la Unión Europea a cumplir sus objetivos climáticos y a competir con otras regiones en el mercado mundial de la energía solar.
Objetivo
The SuPerTandem project aims to accelerate Europe’s transition to clean energy by developing innovative photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing technologies for 2-terminal tandem cells and monolithically connected modules on flexible foils using low cost solution-processed perovskite absorber layers. Such devices feature efficiencies above 30%, performance stability profiles comparable to c-Si technologies, and excellent sustainability profile.
Important aspects are minimizing the use and impact of scarce and critical materials by employing sustainable, earth-abundant materials and applying encapsulation as well as recycling strategies to guarantee circularity. Application of scalable manufacturing processes on film substrates will enable low production cost (< 20 €/m2) and lower cost of electricity compared to current Si PV technology. This will be achieved by the partnership of leading European labs, industrial equipment makers and flexible PV module producing companies, building a coherent value chain of European innovation driven, cost competitive manufacturing to provide affordable innovative PV solutions.
Dual use of land/surfaces will capitalize the application advantages of developed lightweight flexible free-form factor PV modules for integration into buildings, vehicles and agrivoltaics to facilitate net zero emission targets with affordable integrated systems. The overarching aim of SuPerTandem is to demonstrate technologies at TRL 5, while participating partners have interests to quickly implement the project outcomes for establishing roll-to-roll manufacturing plants in EU. The sustainability of the developed module technology will be validated from environmental and economic points of view by life-cycle and techno-economic assessments, highlighting its potential for low resource consumption and CO2 footprint and thus for salient contributions to a sustainable, secure, safe and affordable supply of renewable energy in Europe.
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