ULTIMATE

Ultra Thin Solar Cells for Module Assembly -Tough and Efficient (ULTIMATE)

Coordinatore	FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V    more  Organization address address: Hansastrasse 27C city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80686 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Ralf Cognome: Preu Telefono: -10560 Fax: -14560
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	6˙350˙314 €
EC contributo	3˙983˙970 €
Programma	FP7-ENERGY Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy
Code Call	FP7-ENERGY-2007-2-TREN
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-10-01   -   2011-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V  Organization address address: Hansastrasse 27C city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80686 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Ralf Cognome: Preu Telefono: -10560 Fax: -14560	DE (MUENCHEN)	coordinator	0.00
2	Nome Ente NON disponibile  Organization address address: Poligono Industrial Tres cantos, s/n Zona Oeste city: Tres Cantos (Madrid) contact info	ES (Tres Cantos (Madrid))	participant	0.00
3	INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW  Organization address address: Kapeldreef 75 city: LEUVEN postcode: 3001 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Christine Cognome: Van Houtven Telefono: -878 Fax: -1077	BE (LEUVEN)	participant	0.00
4	PHOTOVOLTECH NV  Organization address address: NIJVERHEIDSSTRAAT 42 city: BRUSSEL postcode: 1040 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Luc Cognome: Coremans Telefono: -805855 Fax: -805884	BE (BRUSSEL)	participant	0.00
5	PHOTOWATT INTERNATIONAL SAS  Organization address address: Rue Saint-Honore 33 city: BOURGOIN JALLIEU postcode: 38300 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Nam Cognome: Le Quang Telefono: -74938015 Fax: -74938011	FR (BOURGOIN JALLIEU)	participant	0.00
6	PSE AG  Organization address address: EMMY NOETHER STRASSE 2 city: FREIBURG postcode: 79110 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ingo Cognome: Brucker Telefono: -48651 Fax: -48670	DE (FREIBURG)	participant	0.00
7	Solar Factory GmbH  Organization address address: Ferdinand-Reich-Str. city: Freiberg contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Volker Cognome: Mehlig Telefono: -8538 Fax: -8550	DE (Freiberg)	participant	0.00
8	SolarWorld Innovations GmbH  Organization address city: Freiberg contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Bettina Cognome: Kolbe Telefono: -8231 Fax: -5673	DE (Freiberg)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

The overall objective of the current project is to make a significant contribution to the dissemination of PV in order to improve the sustainability of the European energy supply, to reduce environmental hazards such as global warming and to strengthen the economical situation of the European PV industry. The main project objective is the demonstration of PV modules using solar cells which are substantially thinner than today’s common practice. We will reduce the current solar cell thickness from typically 200-250 µm down to 100 µm. Assuming a projected kerf loss of 120 µm for 2010, this will enable more than 50% additional wafers to be cut from each silicon ingot. Additionally, by using advanced solar cell device structures and module interconnection technology, we target to increase the average efficiency for these thin cells up to 19% for mono-crystalline and 17.2% for multi-crystalline silicon and to reach a module-to-cell efficiency ratio above 90%. The processing and handling of wafers and cells will be adapted in order to maintain standard processing yields. Including scaling aspects, this corresponds to a module cost reduction of approximately 30% until 2011 and 1.0 €/Wp extrapolated until 2016. Furthermore Si demand can be reduced from 10 to 6 g/Wp providing a significant effect on the eco-impact of PV power generation. The partners of this project form an outstanding consortium to reach the project goals, including two leading European R&D institutes as well as five companies with recorded and published expertise in the field of thin solar cells. The project is structured in 5 work packages covering the process chain from wafer to module as well as integral eco-assessment and management tasks. The expected impact of the project is a PV energy cost reduction of approximately 30%, a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and an improved competitiveness of the European solar cell, module and equipment manufacturers.