Project description DEENESFRITPL A new perspective for recycling photovoltaics Waste from electrical and electronic equipment such as fridges and mobile phones are one of the fastest growing waste streams. In Europe, there is a significant increase in waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for recent technologies such as photovoltaic (PV) devices. These products are designed as complex sandwiches, making the recovery of the critical and precious raw materials encapsulated in the layers extremely challenging. The EU-funded PHOTORAMA project will draw up a profitable and sustainable circular value chain that will lead to a carbon neutral PV industry. Specifically, it will develop and demonstrate the industrial prospect for recovering and recycling desirable materials and components from end-of-life PV panels. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Since the last decades, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) have been drastically increasing in Europe, particularly for recent technologies such as Photovoltaic (PV) devices. These products are designed as complex sandwiches, which make the recovery of the critical (Si, In, Ga) and precious (Ag) raw materials encapsulated in the layers extremely challenging.The overall objective of PHOTORAMA is to draw up a profitable and sustainable circular value chain that will lead to a carbon neutral PV industry. PHOTORAMA will develop and demonstrate the industrial prospective of recycling solutions to recover and recycle all the materials ‘components from End-of-life PV panels. A complementary consortium of 13 European companies and research institutes has built the framework of PHOTORAMA as follow:(1) the development of innovative processes and technologies from TRL4-5 to TRL7 to establish a sound recycling scheme to increase significantly resource efficiency with decisive cost-cutting solutions. The implementation of automated disassembly and sandwich opening as layer separation (MONDRAGON, DFD, CEA) enabling high-recovery (> 95%) of secondary raw materials: Ag, Si (SINTEF, CEA, IDENER) and In, Ga (LUXCHEMTECH) from EoL PV panels (crystalline silicon, thin films),(2) the full-circularity approach emphasised from collection (SOREN) to marketable new products from Si, In, Ga, Ag (RHP), glass (MALTHA) mainly for PV manufacturing (EGP),(3) the demonstration of the business viability and attractiveness of its technological solutions (BIFA, ENEA) as one of the most competitive perspective for PV recycling.PHOTORAMA will strengthen this ambitious model with environmental impacts assessments and a strategic dissemination and exploitation plan supported by a strong effort for raising societal awareness (ZSI). The implementation of PHOTORAMA recycling scheme would unlock already more than 100,000 tons of valuable secondary raw materials by 2030. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloidsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic Keywords End-of-life Photovoltaic module critical raw materials secondary raw materials innovative recovery Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Main Programme H2020-EU.3.5.3. - Ensuring the sustainable supply of non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials Topic(s) CE-SC5-07-2020 - Raw materials innovation for the circular economy: sustainable processing, reuse, recycling and recovery schemes Call for proposal H2020-LOW-CARBON-CIRCULAR-INDUSTRIES-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-LCCI-2020-EASME-twostage Funding Scheme IA - Innovation action Coordinator COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES Net EU contribution € 1 532 341,00 Address Rue leblanc 25 75015 Paris France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (14) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all ENEL GREEN POWER SPA Italy Net EU contribution € 349 518,75 Address Viale regina margherita 125 00198 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 149 793,75 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure. 3SUN S.R.L. Italy Net EU contribution € 353 062,50 Address Contrada blocco torrazze snc 95121 Catania See on map Region Isole Sicilia Catania Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 151 312,50 MONDRAGON ASSEMBLY SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA Spain Net EU contribution € 110 250,00 Address Poligono industrial bainetxe 5a 20550 Aretxabaleta See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 47 250,00 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure. MONDRAGON ASSEMBLY SA France Net EU contribution € 1 071 437,50 Address Parc d'activité les pradines, 1376 route de lyon 84100 Orange See on map Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Vaucluse Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 459 187,50 SOREN France Net EU contribution € 153 753,25 Address 13 rue du quatre-septembre 75002 Paris See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 65 894,25 RHP TECHNOLOGY GMBH Austria Net EU contribution € 375 987,50 Address Forschungszentrum seibersdorf gebaude ca 2444 Seibersdorf an der leitha See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Ostösterreich Niederösterreich Wiener Umland/Südteil Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 161 137,50 LUXCHEMTECH GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 1 211 980,88 Address Alfred lange strasse 18 09599 Freiberg See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Sachsen Chemnitz Mittelsachsen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 519 420,37 MALTHA GLASRECYCLAGE BELGIE Belgium Net EU contribution € 232 032,50 Address Fabrieksstraat 114 3920 Lommel See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Limburg (BE) Arr. Maaseik Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 99 442,50 SINTEF AS Norway Net EU contribution € 588 816,25 Address Strindvegen 4 7034 Trondheim See on map Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE Italy Net EU contribution € 400 133,75 Address Lungotevere grande ammiraglio thaon di revel 76 00196 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 DFD - DENSE FLUID DEGREASING France Net EU contribution € 771 540,00 Address 149 avenue du brezet 63100 Clermont-ferrand See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne Puy-de-Dôme Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 330 660,00 IDENER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AGRUPACION DE INTERES ECONOMICO Spain Net EU contribution € 423 437,50 Address Calle early ovington 24-8 41300 La rinconada sevilla See on map Region Sur Andalucía Sevilla Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 BIFA UMWELTINSTITUT GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 418 250,00 Address Am mittleren moos 46 86167 Augsburg See on map Region Bayern Schwaben Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ZENTRUM FUR SOZIALE INNOVATION GMBH Austria Net EU contribution € 389 125,00 Address Linke wienzeile 246 1150 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
