HERCULES
HIGH EFFICIENCY REAR CONTACT SOLAR CELLS AND ULTRA POWERFUL MODULES
| Coordinatore | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
Organization address
address: RUE LEBLANC 25 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | France [FR] |
| Totale costo | 10˙263˙640 € |
| EC contributo | 7˙000˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-ENERGY
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy |
| Code Call | FP7-ENERGY-2013-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2013 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2013-11-01 - 2016-10-31 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
Organization address
address: RUE LEBLANC 25 contact info |
FR (PARIS 15) | coordinator | 907˙226.75 |
| 2 |
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse 27C contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 1˙168˙953.20 |
| 3 |
INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER KONSTANZ
Organization address
address: Rudolf-Diesel-Strasse 15 contact info |
DE (Konstanz) | participant | 971˙517.75 |
| 4 |
CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT
Organization address
address: RUE JAQUET DROZ 1 contact info |
CH (NEUCHATEL) | participant | 590˙921.25 |
| 5 |
INSTITUT FUR SOLARENERGIEFORSCHUNG GMBH
Organization address
address: AM OHRBERG 1 contact info |
DE (EMMERTHAL) | participant | 530˙255.60 |
| 6 |
Eurotron BV
Organization address
address: Van Beukelaarweg 45 contact info |
NL (Bleskensgraaf) | participant | 419˙550.00 |
| 7 |
HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM BERLIN FUR MATERIALIEN UND ENERGIE GMBH
Organization address
address: Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1 contact info |
DE (BERLIN) | participant | 408˙973.75 |
| 8 |
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
Organization address
address: BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 contact info |
CH (LAUSANNE) | participant | 402˙569.60 |
| 9 |
MEYER BURGER AG
Organization address
address: SCHORENSTRASSE 39 contact info |
CH (GWATT THUN) | participant | 334˙678.20 |
| 10 |
Roth & Rau AG
Organization address
address: An der Baumschule 6-8 contact info |
DE (Hohenstein-Ernstthal) | participant | 311˙431.80 |
| 11 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 255˙981.20 |
| 12 |
UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
Organization address
address: Jordi Girona 31 contact info |
ES (BARCELONA) | participant | 245˙541.25 |
| 13 |
NORSUN AS
Organization address
address: SOMMERROGATEN 13-15 contact info |
NO (OSLO) | participant | 189˙663.60 |
| 14 |
ALMA CONSULTING GROUP SAS
Organization address
address: Domaine des Bois d'Houlbec contact info |
FR (HOULBEC COCHEREL) | participant | 130˙506.00 |
| 15 |
SEMILAB FELVEZETO FIZIKAI LABORATORIUM RESZVENYTARSASAG
Organization address
address: PRIELLE KORNELIA UTCA 2 contact info |
HU (BUDAPEST) | participant | 86˙150.00 |
| 16 |
ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE S.A.
Organization address
address: avenue de Wagram 22-30 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 46˙080.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The European photovoltaics PV market still represents the predominant share of worldwide installations and electricity generated from PV is becoming increasingly competitive, with an average levelized cost of energy (LCOE) estimated to be between 0.10–0.16 €/kWh in 2011 . This constant reduction of LCOE means that the European industry can only regain its competitiveness with (i) a concomitant reduction of production and investment costs (current net price level ~0.8–1.0 €/Wp today) in Europe in order to face the strong price competition of emerging countries (China and Taiwan), (ii) investment in novel “advanced” industrial processes allowing for high efficiencies and low-cost device production (iii) the development of high-end tools and processes which are more difficult to master and duplicate, securing a technology leadership. These conditions are necessary to ensure sustainable PV technology production in Europe and the construction of a robust European PV industry able to beat international competition. However, ultra-high-efficiency PV devices require manufacturing processes that are increasingly complex, which results in an increase in the related investment and fabrication costs. Given that the market still requires a reduction of the technology price, we are left with a paradox, and we must find ways to produce high-efficiency devices with competitive industrial processes. The concept proposed by the HERCULES project is to develop innovative n-type monocrystalline c-Si device structures based on back-contact solar cells with alternative junction formation, as well as related structures including hybrid concepts (homo-heterojunction). These concepts are the most promising technologies to reach ultra-high efficiencies with industrially relevant processes. The HERCULES strategy is to transfer the developed processes to the industrial scale by considering all major cost drivers of the entire manufacturing process chain of modules.'