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Photovoltaics Reliability Operations and Maintenance Innovative Solutions for Energy Alliance

Project description

Fostering an alliance of photovoltaic research excellence

Photovoltaic (PV) technologies and solar panels could play a crucial role in helping us move towards cleaner energy sources and overcoming and adapting to the effects of climate change. But this hinges on extensive research and experienced researchers in solar energy to sustain technological innovation. The EU-funded PROMISE project aims to achieve this by bringing together an alliance of technological innovators, universities, and other partners to find a place for photovoltaic research excellence and growth for photovoltaic researchers. In parallel, the project will carry out programmes outlining research in PV taking into account gender balance and sustainable development in the sector.

Objective

PROMISE aims to create an alliance of photovoltaic excellence through scientific, engineering and research performance within the Maltese research community reliability of existing and emerging module technologies and systems, including the digitalisation aspects for prediction and optimisation algorithms for innovative solutions to support the energy transition. The Maltese research community, led by the Foundation for Innovation and Research – Malta (FiR) and supported by local technology innovator PIXAM Ltd. will stimulate scientific excellence and sustained collaborations with four world-leading research institutions AIT (Austria), CENER (Spain), CEA (France), and BI Becquerel Institute (Belgium), and Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Germany) as the leading EU academic applied practice partner. In particular, PROMISE will perform two programmes in research and knowledge considering gender balance, early career researchers and sustainable development goals. The research framework includes a bottom-up approach for a Malta-based research platform on PV reliability, including infrastructure, data collection, analysis and modelling/verification through module test rig, satellite and drone vision technologies and an in-field database of solar module manufacturers. The knowledge gain and transfer framework includes capacity building activities, including a series of workshops, winter/summer schools, training programmes, internships, meetings, mentoring, and research management and administration upskilling. The PROMISE results, lessons learnt, best practices, and success stories will feed a scalability opportunity, extending the research platform to a nationwide/regional landscape while also generating concrete research capacity for a more enabling environment for research in PV reliability in Malta as a solar country and regional energy hub.

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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03

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Coordinator

FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND RESEARCH - MALTA
Net EU contribution

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€ 449 787,01
Address
DESIGN CENTRE LEVEL 2 TRIQ IT-TORRI
BKR 4011 Birkirkara
Malta

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Malta Malta Malta
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Research Organisations
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Total cost

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€ 449 892,94

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