Projects
- CoSt redUction and enhanced PERformance of PV systems
Horizon 2020 Innovation Action, 2018-2022, Grant Agreement No. 792245.
SUPER PV aims to develop superior quality solar PV systems, based on a hybrid combination of technological innovations and business operation solutions, aiming to accelerate large scale deployment in Europe and help EU photovoltaic business to regain leadership on world market. To achieve ground-breaking impact on cost reduction, the project concept tackles in an integral way three cornerstone steps impacting PV system performance and, thus, the LCOE:
- PV module innovations
- Module level power electronics developments
- PV system integration and process innovations.
BNW Energy's role: Exploitation Manager and leader of WP7 Business Case Validation and Exploitation.
- Innovative pilot for Silicon production with low environmental impact using secondary aluminium and silicon raw materials
Horizon 2020 Innovation Action, 2020-2024, Grant Agreement No. 869268.
BNW Energy's role: Exploitation Manager and leader of WP4 Exploitation.
- Quartz Enrichment Enabling Near-Zero Silicon
Horizon Europe Innovation Action, 2024-2028, Grant Agreement No. 101178144.
The overall objective of QUEEN is the development of a new environmentally friendly metallurgical grade silicon (MG-Si) process from quarry sands (smelting and mineral extraction processes) reducing CO2 total emissions, potentially transforming any EU quarry with quartz into an MG-Si reservoir, with technologies adaptable to other materials.
BNW-Energy's role: Project partner, mainly involved in exploitation activities.