Project description
Corrugated sheets with integrated photovoltaics for agricultural installations
Photovoltaic technologies that harness the sun’s virtually limitless energy have advanced tremendously over the last decades. Many installations now rely on the connection of many panels in series to augment the systems’ voltage output. However, if one panel is in the shade, it will affect the power output of the entire system. The Dutch SME Sunchip Projects has developed optimiser technology to minimise this issue and has integrated it with conventional roof tiles to encourage residential uptake. The next application is in agriculture with an integrated PV-panel solution, to replace the conventional corrugated asbestos roofing sheets. The EU-funded CASARAR project is investigating the feasibility of this new development.
Objective
Sunchip Projects B.V. is a full subsidiary company of Weijland Beheer B.V. and a strategic partner of Weijland Technologies B.V. Within the group a proprietary optimizer technology (Nano Power Optimizer- NPO) has been developed that offers a solution to inefficiencies of the series connection in solar panels. It has also integrated that technology with a traditional roof tile (NanoTile) to enhance viable residential photovoltaic locations (NanoTile), improves shading and soiling inefficiencies up to 15% and provides an affordable off the grid solution for clean sustainable energy generation. The technology is set to further be developed in a Corrugated Sheet Application. Value Proposition: An integrated solar roof solution that improves shading and soiling inefficiencies from PV panels by increasing output generation of electricity by 15% , lowers cost up to 25% and is the fraction of the size of a regular PV panel. This project aims at studying the feasibility of such a development from business, technology, production and economic perspective.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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7551 CA HENGELO OV
Netherlands
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