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Development of advanced manufacturing equipment and processes aimed at the seamless integration of multifunctional PV solutions, enabling the deployment of IPV sectors

Descripción del proyecto

Un nuevo proceso de fabricación de sistemas fotovoltaicos integrados

Los sistemas fotovoltaicos (FV, o PV por sus siglas en inglés) integrados han cosechado un gran éxito y repercusión en su uso integrado en edificios. También son prometedores en otros sectores. Su adaptación a otras industrias o dispositivos podría ofrecer ventajas sorprendentes. Por desgracia, la propia necesidad de soluciones FV integradas y adaptables dificulta su expansión, ya que sus procesos de fabricación actuales no permiten crear soluciones FV adaptadas a cada sector. El objetivo del proyecto SEAMLESS-PV, financiado con fondos europeos, es abordar este problema mediante el desarrollo de herramientas revolucionarias para la fabricación FV, así como nuevos productos FV integrados con una mayor eficiencia, adaptabilidad e integrabilidad, al tiempo que se demuestra su rentabilidad en comparación con sus competidores.

Objetivo

Beyond building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), slowly but steadily gaining adoption and settling as a more mature, recognized and reliable technology, the increasing interest of IPV solutions has recently started to expand towards other market segments. A curious gaze at our nearest environment allows identifying endless opportunities in which the implementation of IPV solutions could be addressed, bringing synergies, innovation and added value to important market segments such as infrastructures, transport, agriculture, urban environment, low-power electronic devices, etc. This idyllic approach brings, nevertheless, important challenges in the manufacturing, product development and effective integration of these multifunctional PV devices over final applications due to the fundamentally different specifications coming from each sector, which hinders the offer of a ‘one-fits-all’ technological approach. In addition, customization and flexibility in design is still constrained by existing manufacturing capacity and sophistication degree, which is, as of today, very much oriented towards more standardized manufacturing processes based on traditional PV equipment and processes.

In this context, SEAMLESS-PV is conceived to answer this challenge by addressing (1) the development of advanced flexible automated PV equipment manufacturing based on high efficiency c-Si technologies, (2) the upscale of new manufacturing processes presenting key features (e.g. lightness, enhanced integrability) and cost reductions that enable the seamless integration of PV over final applications and (3) the development of a set of IPV products demonstrating cost-competitiveness and compliance with market requirements and expectations. The project will demonstrate this new manufacturing capacity at pilot level and showcase the opportunity for European IPV manufacturers and end-users to unleash the potential of this sector.

Coordinador

FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 2 454 902,50
Dirección
PARQUE CIENTIFICO Y TECNOLOGICO DE GIPUZKOA, PASEO MIKELETEGI 2
20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA)
España

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Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa
Tipo de actividad
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Coste total
€ 2 454 902,50

Participantes (14)

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