Objective "The proposed project (SOLNOWAT) aims to develop a dry route alternative for the solar cell industry that will eliminate the very high water consumption and GWP emissions of current process while meeting all production requirements. This project will clearly outline the environmental impact, cost and efficiency of the new process and equipment required, and include dissemination to cell manufacturers.BENEFITS- Dramatic reduction of water usage*- Very low-environmental-impact processing *- Advance process control, real time monitoring*- High-throughput, high-yield, integrated industrial processing (inline)*- Devices with increased efficiency*- Enabling thin wafer processing* and surface decoupling (single sided).- Smaller footprint- Low cost of ownership*- Reviewed by a panel of cell manufacturersMost of these benefits(*) are fundamental criteria outlined by the European Photovoltaic Technology Platform in its Strategic Research Agenda for Photovoltaic Solar Energy Technology, in order to meet the sector’s ambitions for technology implementation and industry competitiveness.The SMEs involved believe that by cooperating together through this R&D program, they will be able to achieve significant results. The consortium is composed of 5 SMEs and 3 RTD performers located in 5 different EU countries. The R&D work will propose and develop a novel process replacing wet chemical steps by 0 GWP dry process steps. The successful development will lead to a cleaner, highly controllable, and potentially cheaper process that will deliver more efficient solar cell products with far less environmental impact. The process will meet the current high throughput demand from the industry and show its potential to meet the PV market growth demand." Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2011-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2011 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator ULTRA HIGH VACUUM SOLUTIONS LIMITED Address Synergy centre tallaght 24 Dublin Ireland See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Laurent Clochard (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ALYXAN SAS France EU contribution € 157 951,00 Address Rue condorcet 3 centre hoche 3 91260 Juvisy sur orge See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michel Heninger (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data SOLARTEC S.R.O. Czechia EU contribution € 347 466,00 Address Televizni 2618 75661 Roznov pod radhostem See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Petr Moravec (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ZS-HANDLING GMBH Germany EU contribution € 111 915,00 Address Budapester strasse 2 93055 Regensburg See on map Region Bayern Oberpfalz Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michael Schilp (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data STIFTINGA VESTLANDSFORSKING Norway EU contribution € 3 275,00 Address Sognahallen 6856 Sogndal See on map Region Norge Vestlandet Vestland Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Bjørg Haukereid (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 8 286,00 Address Hansastrasse 27c 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Walter Krause (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
