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EU funding (€7,190,189): Enabling Massive Integration of PV into Buildings and Infrastructure Hor1 Nov 2023 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"

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Enabling Massive Integration of PV into Buildings and Infrastructure

A dramatic rise in the implementation of renewable energy sources is needed if we want to meet European climate protection targets. Photovoltaic (PV) costs have decreased spectacularly over time, turning photovoltaics into one of the most competitive sources of electricity in the EU. An economically feasible and space-saving approach to increase the capacity of renewable energy sources is to integrate PV systems into structures that already exist or to build new structures that originally integrate a PV function. Building-integrated and infrastructure-integrated PV are technologically proven solutions. Due to its multifunctionality, building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) installations can achieve a better economic and ecological balance over their lifetime than conventional building elements. New technologies for PV cells, electrical connections, and front and back covers allow a free choice of formats and colours for integrated PV modules. Likewise, infrastructure-integrated PV offers a large potential for PV integration, due to the unique advantages of somewhat standardized constructions, little emphasis on aesthetics and a small number of builders and owners compared to the building sector. However, integrated PV (IPV) is still a niche market. Several barriers are still preventing the massive integration of PV into buildings and infrastructure. The project MASS-IPV has been conceived as a multidisciplinary action that connects key players along the PV and construction value chains. The goal of the project is to demonstrate that suitable tools, technologies, and methods, combined with a collaboration framework among key stakeholders, can overcome the barriers preventing the mass deployment of IPV and deliver multifunctional and cost-effective IPV systems for buildings and infrastructure. Six different built objects will be used to demonstrate the technology, representing different construction typologies in five different locations in Europe.


Funded Companies:

Company name Funding amount
IB Cross Cultural Consulting Sagl ?
Agenzia Per L'Energia E LO Svilupposostenibile Associazione €130,000
Alucoil SA €150,091
BIPV PROJECTS B.V. €654,019
Branka Solutions SL €108,938
BUNDESVERBAND GEBAUDEGRUN e. V. €148,875
Enerbim €254,002
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG e. V. €1,315,042
Fundacion Cidetec €522,500
Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation €1,247,279
Izpitek Solar SL €0.00
MADASTER SHARED SERVICES B.V. €281,750
Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Ntnu €457,550
Over Easy Solar AS €328,055
Silla Srl €222,250
Stratagem Energy Ltd. €268,888
Sunthalpy Engineering SL €204,995
TULIPPS B.V. €895,956

Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101135299

The filing refers to a past date, and does not necessarily reflect the current state. The current state is available on the following page: IB Cross Cultural Consulting Sagl, Acquarossa, Switzerland.