A European consortium will construct an automatic manufacturing unit for large-scale printed natural photo voltaic merchandise to be used in built-in building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and agrivoltaics in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.
The Flex2Energy challenge, formally known as “Automated Manufacturing Manufacturing Line for Built-in Printed Natural Photovoltaics”, obtained €21.2 million ($23 million) in funding from the European Horizon analysis initiative. It’s led by two Greek specialists in natural electronics and skinny movie know-how, OET and the Lab for Skinny Movies and Nanotechnology (LTFN), and contains 14 different corporations and analysis establishments from throughout Europe.
The brand new manufacturing unit is anticipated to begin operations on the finish of 2025 and produce a million sq. meters of natural photo voltaic cells yearly, based on native media outlet Kathimerini.
The challenge goals to “present that the automated manufacturing of built-in photovoltaics (IPV) can ship cost-competitive merchandise that depend on the operate of power mills and structural parts,” based on the outline on the Horizon web site.
The consortium proposed the creation of a pilot manufacturing line that would adapt to rising novel cell and module applied sciences. It also needs to have the ability to print natural PV with totally different codecs, thicknesses, and variations in photo voltaic cell matrix, encapsulation supplies, and entrance sheets, based on Horizon’s web site.
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