SOLAR-ERA.NET Cofund 2 Joint Call 2021 – Transnationale Kooperative F&E-Projekte im Rahmen des Energieforschungsprogramms 2020

AUSSCHREIBUNGSSCHWERPUNKTE
A) Advanced industrial PV technologies
A1. Passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC), heterojunction (HJT) technologies and advanced passivating concepts for crystalline silicon solar cells
A2. High-performance silicon-based cells (>24%) and modules
A3. Advanced thin film technologies, in particular copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS)
A4. Advanced and new interlayers, metallization, transparent conductive oxides, etc.
A5. Manufacturing issues and next generation processing equipment for advanced solar cells
A6. Cell interconnection methods and equipment
A7. PV module encapsulation technologies and equipment
A8. New inline characterization methods and tools
A9. Industry 4.0 (“smart factory”) approaches to advanced PV manufacturing

B) Emerging PV technologies
B1. Silicon-based tandem technologies, namely with perovskites and III/V semiconductors
B2. Thin film tandem and multiple junction technologies
B3. Perovskite solar cells
B4. Organic solar cells
B5. Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC)
B6. Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) and high concentration photovoltaics (HCPV)
B7. Ultra-high efficiency concepts

C) Building and infrastructure integrated PV
C1. Innovative BIPV module technologies, e.g. lamination, colours, shapes, reflectivity, bifacial, etc.
C2. Customized industrial processes for BIPV solutions
C3. New concepts and solutions for building and (urban) infrastructure integrated PV
C4. Advanced integration of PV into standard building components and systems
C5. PV as part of advanced highly energy efficient building concepts
C6: Agri-PV

D) Operation, diagnosis and system integration of PV plants and environmental impact
D1. Advanced and automated functions for data analysis, fault detection, diagnosis, maintenance planning and/or reporting
D2. Interoperability, standardization and auto-configuration of sensors, data acquisition, module electronics, inverters and communication systems within PV plants and between PV plants and central monitoring systems (Industry 4.0 / Internet of Things)
D3. System integration through ancillary services, e.g. solutions for a combination of load manage¬ment / self-consumption, decentralised electrolysis, power management of the distributed PV generators and storage systems and dispatchable flexible capacities, which altogether assure a stable grid in spite of fluctuations of demand and generation, including energy communities.
D4: Environmental impact of solar parks

BUDGET
Mit dieser Ausschreibung steht für österreichische Projektpartner ein Budget. 430.000 EUR zur Verfügung.

ZEITPLAN
Offizielle Eröffnung der gemeinsamen Ausschreibung: 6. Oktober 2021
SOLAR-ERA.NET Pre-proposal: 10. Dezember 2021, 16:00 Uhr MEZ
SOLAR-ERA.NET Full Proposal: vom 7. Februar bis 7. April 2022
Rückmeldung über Förderentscheidungen im Juni 2022 und Projektbeginn ab September/Oktober 2022

NEU: Bitte beachten Sie, dass das SOLAR-ERA.NET Pre-Proposal sowohl via www.solar-era.net als auch via FFG eCall bis spätestens 10. Dezember 2021, 16:00 MEZ einzureichen ist.

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