Descripción del proyecto
Impulso del sector de productos solares «Made in EU»
La industria manufacturera de productos fotovoltaicos (FV) se enfrenta a una fuerte competencia extranjera. El proyecto HIPERION, financiado con fondos europeos, está trabajando en la fabricación en serie de una nueva tecnología revolucionaria que concentra la luz solar en celdas fotovoltaicas multiunión y puede instalarse encima de una placa posterior convencional de silicio. Esta innovación de gran eficacia a escala de módulo puede cambiar las reglas de juego y ya ha demostrado su rendimiento en exhaustivas pruebas en exteriores e instalaciones piloto. Lo principal es permitir su integración por parte de los fabricantes. El proyecto está dirigido por un consorcio de dieciséis miembros que representan a nueve países europeos, incluyendo agentes industriales con gran experiencia técnica. Un fabricante de productos solares llevará a cabo una valoración financiera detallada sobre la integración de la tecnología en la línea de producción, mientras que varios instaladores de soluciones solares representarán tanto a los mercados de instalación en tejados como de los servicios públicos.
Objetivo
The HIPERION consortium has been assembled to answer the call LC-SC3-RES-15-2019: Increase the competitiveness of the EU PV manufacturing industry.
The goal of the project is to bring to fruition at the industrial scale a validated high efficiency module-level innovation, based on a disruptive planar optical micro-tracking technology, which concentrates sunlight on multijunction solar cells, mounted on top of a conventional silicon backplate. The resulting high efficiency solar modules (>30% STC under direct sunlight) with a standard flat panel form factor can be mounted on any standard racks or rooftops.
The technology has been extensively demonstrated with outdoor tests and pilot installations. It must be now industrialized for mass production, to enable its integration by manufacturers in their existing production lines. The project will demonstrate at pilot-line level the assembly of these high efficiency modules, while several commercial pilot sites across Europe and qualification tests will further validate the performance and reliability.
To achieve successfully this 48-month, 13 M€ valued action, a consortium of 16 members representing 9 European countries has been gathered. It includes several industrial players with the key expertise to develop the assembly processes, and some of the most renown European PV centers with strong know-how on design and qualification. A solar manufacturer will do a detailed economical evaluation on the integration of the technology in the production line, while several solar installers will represent both the rooftop and utility end markets.
With its novel module architecture and innovative manufacturing processes, HIPERION has the potential to drastically reduce solar electricity costs by significantly boosting the efficiency. It could allow EU PV manufacturers to gain a clear competitive advantage against mainstream solar modules and to regain market shares on the growing PV market.
Ámbito científico
Palabras clave
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-LC-SC3-2019-RES-IA-CSA
Régimen de financiación
IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
2000 Neuchatel
Suiza