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Next-generation transparent PV for Building Integrated Photovoltaics

Descrizione del progetto

Tecnologia fotovoltaica per l’autosostenibilità energetica degli edifici

Gli edifici commerciali e residenziali consumano fino al 40 % dell’energia nell’UE. La crescente necessità di autosostenibilità per garantire edifici a energia quasi zero ha portato a tecnologie innovative che consentono agli edifici di produrre elettricità. Il fotovoltaico architettonicamente integrato (BIPV, building integrated photovoltaics) emerge come un’alternativa ai materiali da costruzione convenzionali in parti della struttura degli edifici come le facciate. Tuttavia, sul mercato mancano moduli BIPV realmente integrati e creativi. Il progetto cs-BIPV-FS, finanziato dall’UE, propone il crystalsol, una tecnologia fotovoltaica trasparente e conveniente che combina un potente e forte assorbitore monocristallino con una produzione di moduli roll-to-roll (R2R) a basso costo. La tecnologia consente la produzione di moduli semilavorati che possono essere completamente integrati nei materiali da costruzione.

Obiettivo

Roughly 40% of the current global energy demand is consumed in commercial and residential buildings. Thanks to advances in technology, Building Integrated PhotoVoltaics (BIPV) have emerged, enabling all buildings to become electricity producers and strive towards self-sustainability.
Due to stringent energy efficiency norms in the EU, demand for BIPV products is soaring: PV incorporated in shells of multi-story buildings is required for supplying these high rise structures with energy. But also other artificial structures, e.g. sound barriers along highways, shall be used for energy provision, without further impact on the environment. Yet, truly integrated and aesthetic BIPV modules are currently neither available in commercial volumes nor at sustainable costs. Prices of products with still limited adaptability hinder the actual market growth.
crystalsol addresses these shortcomings with a patented and entirely new type of cost-efficient, flexible and transparent PV technology where advantages of an efficient and stable monocrystalline absorber and low cost roll-to-roll (R2R) module production are combined. Due to the reason that crystalsol is able to produce semi-finished modules that allow full integration into building elements without any expensive and complex integration steps, BIPV products can pricewise finally compete with standard building shell elements (like facades without PV). This offers a huge competitive advantage, resulting in an enormous potential in the BIPV market.
This Feasibility Study (cs-BIPV-FS) will bring crystalsol closer to the market entry stage. It will be a first step towards full commercialisation before upscaling the company’s operations and production processes. The cs-BIPV-FS project will help to analyse and conclude the technical feasibility and commercial potential of the ground-breaking BIPV technology, resulting in advancing the innovative technological concept into a credible business case.

Invito a presentare proposte

H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020

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Bando secondario

H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1

Meccanismo di finanziamento

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Coordinatore

CRYSTALSOL OU
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 50 000,00
Indirizzo
AKADEEMIA TEE 15A
12618 Tallinn
Estonia

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PMI

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Regione
Eesti Eesti Põhja-Eesti
Tipo di attività
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 71 429,00