Description du projet
Produire de l’énergie verte avec des stores solaires intelligents
Les bâtiments sont responsables de plus d’un tiers de la consommation d’énergie et des émissions de CO2. La directive de l’UE sur les performances énergétiques des bâtiments exige que le bilan énergétique des nouveaux bâtiments soit proche de zéro d’ici la fin de l’année 2020. Pour répondre à cette exigence et faire face à l’augmentation du coût de l’électricité, de nombreux ménages et entreprises cherchent à investir dans des systèmes privés d’électricité et d’ombrage solaire photovoltaïque. Ce n’est cependant pas possible en l’absence d’une surface de toit ou de terrain suffisante. Le projet SolarGaps, financé par l’UE, a mis au point les premiers stores de fenêtre qui suivent automatiquement la trajectoire du soleil et produisent de l’électricité à partir de son énergie. Sa priorité est maintenant de compléter le développement technologique et commercial du système de stores solaires intelligents B2B et de mettre le produit sur le marché.
Objectif
With the constant growth of population in the world, the demand for electricity is rising. The biggest electricity consumers are buildings. In EU heating and cooling in the buildings and industry accounts for 50% of the EU’s total energy consumption. However, generating electricity from conventional sources of energy increases the greenhouse effect and escalate the environmental problems on Earth. One of the existing solutions to these problems are alternative sources of energy, in particular, solar. However, the existing solar solutions have several problems: solar panels are too expensive and can be mounted only on the roof or flat surfaces, and billions of city residents don't have access to roofs, or private land. Energy generation from vertical surfaces (such as solar window technology) is still on prototyping stage and has low efficiency. SolarGaps came up with the innovative solution – the company developed first in the world solar smart window blinds – a device that combines a shading appliance (venetian blinds) with solar panels, which allows generating electricity for further storage or use, as well as protecting the room from overheating, and the windows from poor weather conditions. The electricity, generated with SolarGaps, will allow to reduce external electricity consumption by up to 70% To ensure successful commercialization, in Phase 1 of SME Instrument, SolarGaps intends to develop an elaborate feasibility study for SolarGaps blinds commercialization that would include a thorough market research, dealership network development, a business plan with an extensive financial, pricing, and IPR strategy. This will help the company to have a more detailed vision of the target markets, improve the design and features of the product to meet the users’ needs, build quality business partnerships, and tailor pricing & sales strategies to capture the biggest market share possible.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energy
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power generation
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware development
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemshome automation
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy Main Programme
- H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
Régime de financement
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
02606 KYIV
Ukraine
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.